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
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
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
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
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
prodigious
巨大的:great in size;驚人的,了不起的:astonishment
profane
褻瀆:treat abuse, irreverence, contempt;濫用:bad or improper use
proffer
獻出,提供:offer
proficient
熟練的,精通的:advanced competence
profusion
豐富,大量:abundance;揮霍,浪費:wasteful
proliferate
快速繁殖;激增:grow or multiply by rapidly offspring
prolix
囉嗦的,冗長的:excessive length
prologue
序言:preface
proofread
正式宣佈:make known
promulgate
校對:find errors and mark corrections
propensity
傾向,癖好:inclination
prophetic
預言的,預示的:foretelling
propitiate
撫慰,勸解:appease
propitious
吉祥的:favorably happy outcome
proponent
建議者,支持者:support
propriety
禮節:conformity socially acceptable;適當,得體:suitable or fitting
prosaic
單調的,常見的:normal course of events;散文的
proscribe
禁止,排斥:forbid
prosecution
實行,執行:doing
proselytize
(使)改變信仰:change religious faith
prospect
探查,勘探:go into discovery;期待,期望的事物:looking forward to
prosperous
成功的,繁盛的:vigorous growth, well-being
prostrate
平躺(的),使平躺:lying flat;衰弱的,使衰竭:weakness
protean
善變的;多才多藝的:diversity, variety, versatile
protocol
正確的禮儀規範:correct conduct
protrude
突出:project
protuberant
隆起的,凸出的:thrusting out
provident
節儉的:frugal, economical;有遠見的:awareness for the future
providential
天意的,幸運(的):divine intervention
provincial
狹隘(的):limited perspective
provisional
臨時的:temporary
provisory
有附帶條件的;臨時的:conditional
provoke
激怒:incite anger;驅使,激起:stir feeling
prowess
英勇,勇敢:superior, courage
prowl
潛行於,巡遊以獵取食物,徘徊:roam through search of prey
prude
過分正經的人:一個過分關心自己是否得體、謙遜、或正確的人:greatly concerned seemly behavior and morally
prudish
過分守禮的:prudery
prudent
明智的:wisdom, judiciousness, wise;小心謹慎的,審慎的:circumspection
prune
梅幹:plum dried;修剪;修正
pry
刺探,打聽:inquire closely, curiously;
pseudonym
假名,筆名:fictitious
psychology
心理學:science mental process and behavior;心理戰術:subtle tactical action influence
pucker
撇(嘴),(使)收縮:contracted
puckish
淘氣的,頑皮的:mischievous, impish
puerile
幼稚的,不成熟的:immature
puissance
權力:power
pulchritude
美麗:beauty
pulverize
將…研磨成粉;將…徹底摧毀:complete end
pun
雙關語:humorous
punctilious
注意細節的,一絲不苟的:attentive details
pundit
權威人士,專家:opinions authoritative
pungent
辛辣的,諷刺的:use of wit cause hurt feelings
puny
微小的,弱小的:inferior size, weak
purlieu
常去的地方:socializing;臨近的地區:adjoining region
purloin
偷竊:steal
purvey
(大量)供給,供應:supply
pusillanimous
懦弱的,膽小得令人鄙視的:timidity
quack
冒牌醫生:pretender;庸醫的
quaff
大口地喝:drink heartily
quail
膽怯,畏縮:fear, cower
quandary
困惑,窘境:perplexity, doubt
quarantine
隔離:isolation
quarry
採石場:stone is obtained;目標,獵物:pursuit
quash
鎮壓,阻止:put a stop to
quaver
發顫音:quivering voice
quell
壓制:suppress;使平靜,使安靜:pacify
quench
熄滅:put out;使滿足:put a complete end to
querulous
抱怨的,愛發牢騷的:complaining
quibble
狡辯,謬論
quiescent
平靜的,靜止的:quiet, inactive
quixotic
不切實際的,空想的:more by ideals than by reality
quota
配額,限額:proportional
quotidian
每日的,平凡的:commonplace
rabble
混亂的人群;暴民;下層群眾:disorganized crowd of people
rabid
狂熱的,不冷靜的:fanatical
racy
活潑生動的:vigorous
raffish
低俗的:crudeness。infamous
raffle
垃圾,廢物:discarded, useless
ragged
衣衫襤褸的:threadbare clothes;凹凸不平的,不光滑的:not smooth
rail
猛罵,猛烈抨擊:revile or scold