3000 ch10 Flashcards
posit
.假定,断 assume, postulate, presuppose, premise, presume
precipitous
非常陡峭的
prairie
大草原 grassland, meadow, plain, savanna
prescience
预知,先见 foresight, forethought, providence
pretense
affectation, camouflage, deceit
potable
饮品,尤指有酒精饮料 beverage, drink, juice, liquor, spirits 适于饮用的 drinkable, edible
precarious
危险不稳定的 delicate, fragile, sensitive, touchy, unstable
porous
多孔可渗透的 passable, penetrable, permeable, pervious
ponderable
有价值的,值得考虑 appreciable, perceptible, sensible
preposterous
荒谬的,不符合常理的: absurd, asinine, fallacious
proliferate
快速繁殖,激增 balloon, boom, build up, escalate, expand,
preternatural
超乎寻常的
pout
表示不悦 grump, mope, sulk
prosecution
实行,执行 accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment
postulate
前提条件 premise, presumption, presupposition, supposition 假定为真 assume, conjecture, hypothesize, posit, presuppose, premise, presume
prescription
规定,传统的规矩:
ponderous
沉重的 cumbersome, heavy, hefty, massive, onerous, weighty 沉闷无聊的 dreary, dull, flat, elephantine, monotonous, insipid, vapid
propriety
礼节 decorum, form, etiquette
preoccupation
非常关心,全神贯注 absorption, engagement, preoccupied adj. 全神贯注的
procure
获得,取得 acquire, attain, garner, knock down, pull down, bring
proficient
熟练的,精通的 accomplished, complete, expert, skilled, versed, virtuoso
primordial
原始的,最初的 ancient, early, primal, primeval, primitive
portentous
预兆性的,凶兆的 baleful, direful, doomy, foreboding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, ominous, sinister, ill-omened
propitious
吉祥的
probity
正直 honesty, integrity, rectitude, righteousness,
propitiate
慰抚,劝解 appease, assuage, conciliate, disarm, mollify
proponent
建议者,支持者 advocate, apostle, champion, expounder, espouser, friend,
proscribe
禁止,排斥 ban, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohib
prostrate
平躺 debilitated, effete, enervated, enfeebled, languid
precipice
悬崖峭壁 bluff, cliff, crag, escarpment, palisade
PRIMP
精心打扮
prod
促使……行动 encourage, exhort, goad, nudge, prompt, spur, egg on
proofread
校对
prosperous
成功的,繁盛的 booming, flourishing, halcyon, lush, palmy, roaring
provident
节俭的
preponderant
占优势的,更重要的 dominant, paramount, predominant
profligate
挥金如土的,挥霍的 extravagant, high-rolling, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless
prepossessing
给人好感的 alluring, attractive, appealing, captivating, charming
prate
闲聊,空谈 babble, chat, chatter, converse, gabble, jabber, prattle, twitter
prevaricate
支吾其词,撒谎 equivocate, fabricate, falsify, lie, palter
preen
打扮修饰:整理
potentiate
激活,加强 activate, energize, enhance, intensify, stir, wake, vitalize
predilection
爱好,偏袒 】affection, affinity, bias, disposition, inclination, leaning, penchant, predisposition
profundity
深奥,深刻 deepness, profoundness
pore
仔细浏览,仔细研究 cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, perpend, ruminate, study
preach
传道,布道: discourse, sermon
preface
序言 foreword, introduction, overture,
prevail
盛行,战胜 conquer, dominate, overcome, reign, triumph
procrastinate
(因为懒散)拖延
preempt
预先占有 替换
prevalent
流行的,普遍的 conventional, dominant, common, popular, predominant, preponderant
precipitate
匆忙的 cursory, flying, headlong, hurried, overhasty, precipitous, rash, rushed 促使,导致
prodigious
巨大的: colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, titanic, tremendous 惊人的,了不起的
profane
亵渎 defile, violate 滥用 abuse, misemploy, misuse, pervert, prostitute
precipitation
沉积物.仓促
privation
缺乏,穷困 deprivation, loss
provisory
有附带条件的,临时的 interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory
preeminent
优秀的,重要的 preeminence
protuberant
隆起的,凸出的 protuberance 隆起
provincial
狭隘的 illiberal, insular, parochial, sectarian
proffer
献出,提供 extend, give, proffer, tender, trot out
potentate
有权的人 authority, autocrat, monarch, ruler, sovereign
probe
深入调查 delving, disquisition, exploration, inquisition
prestige
声望,威望:
presumptuous
放肆的,冒昧的 audacious, bold, brash, impertinent, impudent, insolent, pompous, pres
practitioner
职业人士 expert, expounder, guru, professional, specialist, virtuoso
prologue
序言
prospect
探查,勘探 hunt, probe, search, skirr 期待,被期望的某物
poseur
故作姿态、不真诚的人 grandstander, poser
proselytize
改变信仰:
presage
预示,预言 The incident may presage war.
precursor
先驱者,先 foregoer, forerunner, harbinger, herald, outrider