19-21 Flashcards
ponderable
有价值的,值得考虑的:considerable
ponderous
沉重的:great weight;沉闷无聊的:unpleasantly dull
pontificate
傲慢地说或做:speak pompous
pore
仔细浏览,仔细研究:read or study attentively
porous
多孔可渗透的:admitting liquid
portentous
预兆性的,凶兆的:sign of evil;勾起兴趣的,令人遐想的:eliciting amazement
poseur
故作姿态的,不真诚的人:affected insincere
posit
假定,断定:affirm
postulate
前提条件:starting point;假定为真:assume true
posture
姿势,姿态:way of holding the body;故作姿态,装模作样:pretended attitude
potable
饮品,尤指有酒精饮料:beverage;适于饮用的:suitable for drinking
potentate
有权势的人:has the power
potentiate
激活,加强:more active
pout
(尤指撅嘴或板着脸)表示不悦:show displeasure
practitioner
职业人士:profession
prairie
大草原:treeless grassland
prate
闲聊,空谈:talk idly
preach
传道,布道:sermon
precarious
危险的,不稳定的:lacking security, stability;可疑的,不明确的:uncertain
precedent
先例,前例:earlier occurrence;先前的:prior
precipice
悬崖峭壁:steep
precipitate
匆忙的:careless speed;促使,导致:cause to happen
precipitation
沉积物,尤指降水:deposit, rain, snow;仓促:disorderly speed
precipitous
非常陡峭的:steep;匆忙的:careless speed
preclude
预先阻止:make impossible in advance;排斥:exclude
precursor
先驱者,先导:precedes
predecessor
前任,先辈:previously occupied
predilection
爱好,偏袒:disposition favor
preeminent
优秀的,重要的:paramount
preempt
预先占有:seize, before others;替换:replace
preen
整理(羽毛):smooth feathers;打扮修饰:dress oneself elaborate;自满:take pride
preface
序言:preliminary statement
pregnant
重要的,意味深长的:full of meaning;怀孕的:containing offspring
premeditate
预先考虑:consider beforehand
preoccupation
非常关系,全神贯注:extreme concern
preponderant
占优势的,更重要的:superior importance
prepossessing
给人好感的,有魅力的:impress favorably
preposterous
荒谬的,不符合常理的:contrary common sense
presage
征兆:sign or warning;预示,预言:predict
prescience
预知,先见:knowledge before
prescription
规定,传统的规矩:rule
preservative
防腐剂:protect against decay
prestige
声望,威望:respect
presumptuous
放肆的,冒昧的:overstepping bounds;傲慢的:feeling of superiority
pretense
虚假,伪装:pretending deceive;自大,优越感:exaggerated sense of one’s importance
preternatural
超乎寻常:surpassing usual
prevail
盛行,战胜:greater in strength
prevalent
流行的,普遍的:commonly accepted
prevaricate
支吾其词,撒谎: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
纯净的,质朴的,未被文明腐蚀的:pure, free from dirt or decay
privation
缺乏,穷困:lack
probe
深入调查:penetrating investigation
probity
正直:moral standards
proclivity
癖性,爱好:inclination
procrastinate
(因为懒散)拖延:put off laziness
procure
获得,取得:get possession
prod
促使…行动:persuade
prodigal
挥霍的:spendthrift;败家子:spends freely
prodigious
巨大的:great in size;惊人的,了不起的:astonishment
profane
亵渎:treat abuse, irreverence, contempt;滥用:bad or improper use
proffer
献出,提供:offer
proficient
熟练的,精通的:advanced competence
profligate
挥金如土的,挥霍的:wasteful;败家子:spends money freely;堕落的人:below the normal moral standard
profundity
深奥,深刻:abstruse
profusion
丰富,大量:abundance;挥霍,浪费:wasteful
prohibitive
禁止的,阻止的:prohibit, restrain;(价格高得)抑制购买的:purchase
proliferate
快速繁殖;激增:grow or multiply by rapidly offspring
prolix
啰嗦的,冗长的:excessive length
prologue
序言:preface
prolong
延长,拖延:lengthen
proofread
正式宣布:make known
promulgate
校对:find errors and mark corrections
propagate
繁殖:increase;传播,宣传:spread out
propensity
倾向,癖好:inclination
prophetic
预言的,预示的:foretelling
propitiate
抚慰,劝解:appease
propitious
吉祥的:favorably happy outcome
proponent
建议者,支持者:support
propriety
礼节:conformity socially acceptable;适当,得体:suitable or fitting
prosaic
单调的,常见的:normal course of events
proscribe
禁止,排斥:forbid
prosecution
实行,执行:doing
proselytize
(使)改变信仰: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
善变的;多才多艺的:diversity, variety, versatile
protocol
正确的礼仪规范:correct conduct
protract
延长,拖长:lengthen, prolong
protrude
突出:project
protuberant
隆起的,凸出的:thrusting out
provident
节俭的:frugal, economical;有远见的:awareness for the future
providential
天意的,幸运(的):divine intervention
provincial
狭隘(的):limited perspective
provisional
临时的:temporary
provisory
有附带条件的;临时的:conditional
provoke
激怒:incite anger;驱使,激起:stir feeling
prowess
英勇,勇敢:superior, courage
prowl
潜行于,巡游以猎取食物,徘徊:roam through search of prey
prude
过分正经的人:一个过分关心自己是否得体、谦逊、或正确的人:greatly concerned seemly behavior and morally
prudent
明智的:wisdom, judiciousness, wise;小心谨慎的,审慎的:circumspection
prudish
过分守礼的:prudery
prune
梅干:plum dried;修剪;修正
pry
刺探,打听:inquire closely, curiously;
pseudonym
假名,笔名:fictitious
psychology
心理学:science mental process and behavior;心理战术:subtle tactical action influence
pucker
撇(嘴),(使)收缩:contracted
puckish
淘气的,顽皮的:mischievous, impish
puerile
幼稚的,不成熟的:immature
puissance
权力:power
pulchritude
美丽:beauty
pulverize
将…研磨成粉;将…彻底摧毁:complete end
pun
双关语:humorous
punctilious
注意细节的,一丝不苟的:attentive details
pundit
权威人士,专家:opinions authoritative
pungent
辛辣的,讽刺的:use of wit cause hurt feelings
puny
微小的,弱小的:inferior size, weak