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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