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