deck18 Flashcards
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
persiflage
打趣: teasing
persistence
坚持, 持续: lasting existence
personable
风度翩翩的, 吸引人的: attractive
perspicacious
极敏锐的, 有洞察力的: penetrating mental discernment
perspicuity
清晰明了的: clearness and lucidity
pertain
有关联的: have a relation
pertinacious
顽固的, 固执地坚持的: sticking
pertinent
相关的, 恰当的: relevance
perturb
使扰乱, 使烦躁不安: trouble the mind
peruse
细读: examine with great care
pervade
弥漫, 充满: throughout
pessimistic
悲观的: take the gloomiest possible view
petition
请愿, 正式的申请, 申请书: supplication or request; (尤指正式地)请求: ,make a request
petrify
使僵化, 使失去活力: become stiff
petty
细微的, 不重要的: small importance
phenomenal
不寻常的, 非凡的: out of the ordinary
philanthropic
博爱的, 为他人着想的: welfare of others
philistine
市侩(注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人): guided by materialism
phlegmatic
冷静的, 无感情的, 淡漠的: calm, sluggish temperament
piddling
微不足道的: trifling or trivial
piebald
杂色的: different colors; 混合的, 杂糅而成的: different sorts
pigment
颜料: color; 给…上颜色: color
pilfer
偷窃: steal
pillar
柱子: support; (物质、精神等方面的)支柱: support
pillory
当众嘲弄: public contempt
pilot
领航员, 飞行员: steer a ship; 初步性的, 试验性的: tentative model; 带领通过: lead
pine
渴望, 奢望: yearn; 因渴望而憔悴: lose vigor
pinnacle
顶峰: highest point
pinpoint
非常精确的: extreme precision; 精确定位或确认: identify with precision
piquant
辛辣开胃的: pungent taste; 令人振奋的: provocative
pique
使愤怒: arouse anger; 激起, 刺激: excite or arouse
pirate
盗版, 盗用: without actual right; 海岛: robber seas
pithy
精练的, 简洁的: brief
pitiless
没有同情心的: devoid of pity
pittance
少量津贴: small portion
placate
(通过让步以)平息抚慰: lessen the anger
placebo
安慰性的事物: used to appease or reassure
plagiarize
剽窃, 抄袭: steal ideas
plangent
轰鸣的: loud sound; 凄凉的, 哀伤的: plaintive
plastic
可塑的: modified; 虚假的, 做作的: lacking in natural
plateau
高原: raised above; 稳定时期, 平台期: stable level
platitude
陈词滥调: banal statement; 缺乏原创性: lack of originality
plausible
看似有理的: superficially reasonable
pleat
打褶: fold
plentitude
大量: ample amount
plethora
过量, 过剩: excess
pliable
易弯曲的, 柔软的: supple; 易受影响的, 温顺的: easily influenced
pliant
易弯曲的: easily bent; 顺从的: yielding
plight
困境: unfortunate
plod
沉重缓慢地走: walk heavily
pluck
敢于面对困难的勇气: courage; 弹奏(弦乐): strings pulling releasing
plumb
测深度: measure the depth; 垂直的: vertical; 仔细深入地检查; 探索, 探究: examine deeply
plummet
突然下降: decline suddenly
plump
丰满的: well-around; 鼎力支持, 赞不绝口: give full support
plunge
突然下降: descend suddenly; 插入, 刺入: penetrate
polarize
使分开对立, 使两极分化: break into opposing
polemic
争执: argument
polished
有教养的: high degree of refinement; 擦亮的: shiny
politic
精明能干的: shrewdness; 合时宜的, 明智的: suitable
pompous
浮夸的: ornate; 傲慢的: self-importance