再要你命1801-1950 Flashcards
ponderable
有價值的,值得考慮的:considerable
ponderous
沉重的:great weight;沉悶無聊的:unpleasantly dull
pontificate
傲慢地說或做:speak pompous
pore
仔細流覽,仔細研究:read or study attentively
porous
多孔可滲透的:admitting liquid
portentous
預兆性的,凶兆的:sign of evil;勾起興趣的,令人遐想的:eliciting amazement
poseur
故作姿態的,不真誠的人:affected insincere
posit
假定,斷定:affirm
postulate
前提條件:starting point;假定為真:assume true
posture
姿勢,姿態:way of holding the body;故作姿態,裝模作樣:pretended attitude
potable
飲品,尤指有酒精飲料:beverage;適於飲用的:suitable for drinking
potentate
有權勢的人:has the power
potentiate
啟動,加強:more active
pout
(尤指撅嘴或板著臉)表示不悅:show displeasure
practitioner
職業人士:profession
prairie
大草原:treeless grassland
prate
閒聊,空談:talk idly
preach
傳道,佈道:sermon
precarious
危險的,不穩定的:lacking security, stability;可疑的,不明確的:uncertain
precedent
先例,前例:earlier occurrence;先前的:prior
precipice
懸崖峭壁:steep
precipitate
匆忙的:careless speed;促使,導致:cause to happen
precipitation
沉積物,尤指降水:deposit, rain, snow;倉促:disorderly speed
precipitous
非常陡峭的:steep;匆忙的:careless speed
preclude
預先阻止:make impossible in advance;排斥:exclude
precursor
先驅者,先導:precedes
predecessor
前任,先輩:previously occupied
predilection
愛好,偏袒:disposition favor
preeminent
優秀的,重要的:paramount
preempt
預先佔有:seize, before others;替換:replace
preen
整理(羽毛):smooth feathers;打扮修飾:dress oneself elaborate;自滿:take pride
preface
序言:preliminary statement
pregnant
重要的,意味深長的:full of meaning;懷孕的:containing offspring
premeditate
預先考慮:consider beforehand
preoccupation
非常關係,全神貫注:extreme concern
preponderant
佔優勢的,更重要的:superior importance
prepossessing
給人好感的,有魅力的:impress favorably
preposterous
荒謬的,不符合常理的:contrary common sense
presage
徵兆:sign or warning;預示,預言:predict
prescience
預知,先見:knowledge before
prescription
規定,傳統的規矩:rule
preservative
防腐劑:protect against decay
prestige
聲望,威望:respect
presumptuous
放肆的,冒昧的:overstepping bounds;傲慢的:feeling of superiority
pretense
虛假,偽裝:pretending deceive;自大,優越感:exaggerated sense of one’s importance
preternatural
超乎尋常:surpassing usual
prevail
盛行,戰勝:greater in strength
prevalent
流行的,普遍的:commonly accepted
prevaricate
支吾其詞,撒謊:evade truth
primordial
原始的,最初的:happening first
primp
精心打扮:adorn finicky
principal
主要的,重要的:highest importance, rank
pristine
純淨的,質樸的,未被文明腐蝕的:pure, free from dirt or decay
privation
缺乏,窮困:lack
probe
深入調查:penetrating investigation
probity
正直:moral standards
proclivity
癖性,愛好:inclination
procrastinate
(因為懶散)拖延:put off laziness
procure
獲得,取得:get possession
prod
促使…行動:persuade