再要你命1651-1800 Flashcards
outwit
瞞騙,以智取勝:surpass cunning
overbearing
專橫傲慢的:arrogant;壓倒一切的,(在力量或重要性上)勢不可擋的;支配的,顯著的:overwhelming in power
overlap
(與…)部分重疊:same area
overt
明顯的,公開的:open
overture
前言:introductory, preclude;序曲:introduction opera
oxymoron
矛盾修飾法:combination contradictory
pacify
使平靜,安慰:ease the anger
padding
誇張,廢話:go beyond the facts
paean
歡樂頌:joyous song praise
painstaking
煞費苦心的:diligent care
palatable
感到愉悅滿足的:pleasure or contentment
palatial
宮殿般奢華的:ornateness
pall
失去興趣:interest attraction
palliate
平息,減輕:less severe intense
pallid
無生氣的,缺乏活力的:lacking radiance vitality;蒼白無血色的:pale
palmy
繁榮的:prosperity
palpable
摸得到的:capable touched;明顯的,易覺察的:obvious
palter
欺騙,討價還價:insincerely deceitfully
paltry
無價值的,微不足道的:importance;讓人厭惡的,讓人鄙視的:loathing and disgust
pan
嚴厲批評:harsh criticism
panache
炫耀:flamboyance
pandemic
大範圍流行的:widespread
pandemonium
喧囂,騷動:noise
panegyric
讚頌之詞,頌文:eulogistic
panoramic
全景的:complete view
parable
寓言:teach a basic truth
paradigm
典範,模範:pattern
paradise
天堂,極樂世界:perfection and happiness;快樂,狂喜:pleasurable emotion
paradox
表面矛盾實際可能正確的話,悖論:opposed to commonsense
paragon
優秀模範:example;把…比作,顯示相似:compare
paramount
最重要的:chief importance
paranoid
多疑的,對他人極端恐懼和懷疑的:extreme fear of distrust
paraphrase
轉述,意譯,改寫;in different words
parch
熾,烤,烤幹:dry
parenthesis
間斷:interruption
pariah
被排斥或鄙視的人:despised or rejected
parity
相稱,同等,平等:being equal
parody
(以嘲笑原作作者的)模仿作品:imitated for ridicule;模仿(以嘲弄):copy to make fun
paroxysm
(感情、動作的)突發:outburst;(政治、社會領域呃)大動盪:disturbance
parrot
(機械地)模仿,複製:imitate without understanding
parry
躲避(問題):evade
parsimonious
過度節儉的,吝嗇的:stinginess
partial
偏袒的,偏愛的:biased;部分的,不完整的:lacking
particularize
詳述:give details
partisan
跟隨者,信徒:follows;(狂熱。堅定的)擁護者,支持者:excessively devoted;偏袒的:one side
pastiche
(帶嘲諷的)模仿:imitates with satirical intent;大雜燴:hodgepodge
partition
分割,劃分:dividing
patent
顯而易見的,明顯的:readily visible
pathological
不正常的,病態的:markedly abnormal
patina
外表:superficial;(由內而外散發的)氛圍,氣場:appearance or aura
patrician
貴族,名門望族:high birth;貴族的,地位高的:high birth
patriot
愛國者:loves country
patronize
贊助:provide aid;以高人一等的態度對待:treat haughtily
paucity
少量,缺乏:dearth
paunchy
大腹便便的,大肚子的:potbelly
peck
大量:considerable amount;(不情願地)小口咬:in small bites
pedagogue
教育者,老師:give formal instruction
pedant
書呆子,墨守成規之人:formal rules
predestine
預先註定:in advance
pedestrian
行人:traveling on foot;平庸無奇的,令人厭倦的:causing weariness
peep
一瞥:brief look;輕聲:slight sound
peer
同等地位的人,同輩:equal;好奇地凝視:look
peeve
打擾,惹惱:disturb
pejorative
輕蔑的,貶低的:disparaging
pellucid
透明的:admitting light;清晰明確的,易懂的:clear
pen
監獄:confinement;關押,監禁:close
penalty
(對罪行的)處罰:punishment
penchant
嗜好,迷戀:strong inclination
penitent
悔過的:regretful
pensive
沉思的,(尤指)哀思的:thinking
penury
貧窮:dearth;吝嗇,節儉:frugality
perambulate
徒步穿越,走過:travel over
perceptible
可察覺的:being perceived
peremptory
不容反抗的:not allowing contradiction;愛發號施令的:ordering people;傲慢的:feeling of superiority
perfervid
非常熱情的:exaggerated emotion
perfidy
不忠,背信棄義:disloyalty
perforate
打孔,穿透:make a hole
perfunctory
例行公事的,敷衍的:superficially;不感興趣的:lacking in interest
perimeter
邊界,界限:outer limit
periodical
期刊:publication;週期性的,有固定間隔的:regular intervals
peripatetic
巡遊的,四處遊歷的:place to place
peripheral
週邊的:boundary or periphery;輔助性的:supply
perish
死亡,消亡:cease to exist
permanent
永恆的:continuing or enduring, forever
permeable
可滲透的:penetrated
pernicious
有害的:injurious
peroration
(演講的)結束語:concluding part;(正式的)演講,致辭:formal discourse
perpetual
永恆的,不斷的:continuing forever
persecute
迫害,折磨:cause suffering
persevere
堅持不懈,不屈不撓:persist
persiflage
打趣:teasing
persistence
堅持,持續:lasting existence
personable
風度翩翩的,吸引人的:attractive
perspicacious
極敏銳的,有洞察力的:penetrating mental discernment
perspicuity
清晰明瞭的:clearness and lucidity
pertain
有關聯的:have a relation
pertinacious
頑固的,固執地堅持的:sticking
pertinent
相關的,恰當的:relevance
perturb
使擾亂,使煩躁不安:trouble the mind
peruse
細讀:examine with great care
pervade
彌漫,充滿:throughout
pessimistic
悲觀的:take the gloomiest possible view
petition
請願,正式的申請,申請書:supplication or request;(尤指正式地)請求:,make a request
petrify
使僵化,使失去活力:become stiff
petty
細微的,不重要的:small importance
phenomenal
不尋常的,非凡的:out of the ordinary
philanthropic
博愛的,為他人著想的:welfare of others
philistine
市儈(注重物質而鄙視智慧或藝術的人):guided by materialism
phlegmatic
冷靜的,無感情的,淡漠的:calm, sluggish temperament
piddling
微不足道的:trifling or trivial
piebald
雜色的:different colors;混合的,雜糅而成的:different sorts
pigment
顏料:color;給…上顏色:color
pilfer
偷竊:steal
pillar
柱子:support;(物質、精神等方面的)支柱:support
pillory
當眾嘲弄:public contempt
pilot
領航員,飛行員:steer a ship;初步性的,試驗性的:tentative model;帶領通過:lead
pine
渴望,奢望:yearn;因渴望而憔悴:lose vigor
pinnacle
頂峰:highest point
pinpoint
非常精確的:extreme precision;精確定位或確認:identify with precision
piquant
辛辣開胃的:pungent taste;令人振奮的:provocative
pique
使憤怒:arouse anger;激起,刺激:excite or arouse
pirate
盜版,盜用:without actual right;海島:robber seas
pithy
精練的,簡潔的:brief
pitiless
沒有同情心的:devoid of pity
pity:同情,憐憫
pittance
少量津貼:small portion
placate
(通過讓步以)平息撫慰:lessen the anger
placebo
安慰性的事物:used to appease or reassure
plagiarize
剽竊,抄襲:steal ideas
plangent
轟鳴的:loud sound;淒涼的,哀傷的:plaintive
plastic
可塑的:modified;虛假的,做作的:lacking in natural
plateau
高原:raised above;穩定時期,平臺期:stable level
platitude
陳詞濫調:banal statement;缺乏原創性:lack of originality
plausible
看似有理的:superficially reasonable
pleat
打褶:fold
plentitude
大量:ample amount
plenty:充足的
plethora
過量,過剩:excess
pliable
易彎曲的,柔軟的:supple;易受影響的,溫順的:easily influenced
pliant
易彎曲的:easily bent;順從的:yielding
plight
困境:unfortunate
plod
沉重緩慢地走:walk heavily
pluck
敢於面對困難的勇氣:courage;彈奏(弦樂):strings pulling releasing
plumb
測深度:measure the depth;垂直的:vertical;仔細深入地檢查;探索,探究:examine deeply
plummet
突然下降:decline suddenly
plump
豐滿的:well-around;鼎力支持,讚不絕口:give full support
plunge
突然下降:descend suddenly;插入,刺入:penetrate
polarize
使分開對立,使兩極分化:break into opposing
polemic
爭執:argument
polished
有教養的:high degree of refinement;擦亮的:shiny
politic
精明能幹的:shrewdness;合時宜的,明智的:suitable
pompous
浮誇的:ornate;傲慢的:self-importance