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patrician
贵族, 名门望族: high birth; 贵族的, 地位高的: high birth
patriot
爱国者: loves country
patronize
赞助: provide aid; 以高人一等的态度对待: treat haughtily
paucity
少量, 缺乏: dearth
paunchy
大腹便便的, 大肚子的: potbelly
peck
大量: considerable amount; (不情愿地)小口咬: in small bites
pedagogue
教育者, 老师: give formal instruction
pedant
书呆子, 墨守成规之人: formal rules
predestine
预先注定: in advance
pedestrian
行人: traveling on foot; 平庸无奇的, 令人厌倦的: causing weariness
peep
一瞥: brief look; 轻声: slight sound
peer
同等地位的人, 同辈: equal; 好奇地凝视: look
peeve
打扰, 惹恼: disturb
pejorative
轻蔑的, 贬低的: disparaging
pellucid
透明的: admitting light; 清晰明确的, 易懂的: clear
pen
监狱: confinement; 关押, 监禁: close
penalty
(对罪行的)处罚: punishment
penchant
嗜好, 迷恋: strong inclination
penitent
悔过的: regretful
pensive
沉思的, (尤指)哀思的: thinking
penury
贫穷: dearth; 吝啬, 节俭: frugality
perambulate
徒步穿越, 走过: travel over
perceptible
可察觉的: being perceived
peremptory
不容反抗的: not allowing contradiction; 爱发号施令的: ordering people; 傲慢的: feeling of superiority
perfervid
非常热情的: exaggerated emotion
perfidy
不忠, 背信弃义: disloyalty
perforate
打孔, 穿透: make a hole
perfunctory
例行公事的, 敷衍的: superficially; 不感兴趣的: lacking in interest
perimeter
边界, 界限: outer limit
periodical
期刊: publication; 周期性的, 有固定间隔的: regular intervals
peripatetic
巡游的, 四处游历的: place to place
peripheral
外围的: boundary or periphery; 辅助性的: supply
perish
死亡, 消亡: cease to exist
permanent
永恒的: continuing or enduring, forever
permeable
可渗透的: penetrated
pernicious
有害的: injurious
peroration
(演讲的)结束语: concluding part; (正式的)演讲, 致辞: formal discourse
perpetual
永恒的, 不断的: continuing forever
persecute
迫害, 折磨: cause suffering
persevere
坚持不懈, 不屈不挠: persist