Lesson 44

Question 1

promiscuity

Answer 1

promiscuity

亂交，濫交，淫亂

Question 2

promptly (2)

Answer 2

迅速地，立即地；依照預定時間地
We’ll have to leave fairly promptly (= on time) if we want to catch that train.
如果我們要趕那班火車，就得準時出發。

Question 3

promulgate (4)

Answer 3

頒布，公佈（尤指新法律）
The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year.
新法律最終於去年秋天頒布。

Question 4

be prone to sth/do sth

Answer 4

易於遭受（疾病）的；有（消極）傾向的
I’ve always been prone to headaches.
我總是容易頭痛。

Question 5

propagate (2)

Answer 5

（使）（植物）繁殖
Most house plants can be propagated from stem cuttings.
大多數室內植物都能由切下來的莖繁殖。

Question 6

propel

Answer 6

推進，推動
a rocket propelled through space
在推力作用下穿越外太空的火箭

Question 7

propensity (4)

Answer 7

（尤指不良的）傾向，嗜好，癖好
[ + to infinitive ] She’s inherited from her father a propensity to talk too much.
她從她父親那裡遺傳了話多的毛病。

Question 8

prophet

Answer 8

預言家，先知
an Old Testament prophet
《聖經•舊約》中的先知

Question 9

propitiate (2)

Answer 9

使息怒；勸解；撫慰
In those days people might sacrifice a goat or sheep to propitiate an angry god.
在那個時候，人們可能會祭獻一隻山羊或綿羊以祈求發怒的神明息怒。

Question 10

propitious (3)

Answer 10

吉祥的，吉利的
With the economy in recession, it was not a propitious time to start a company.
經濟正處於蕭條時期，這可不是開公司的好時候。

Question 11

proportion (2)

Answer 11

部分；份額
Children make up a large proportion of the world’s population.
孩童佔世界人口的很大一部分。

Question 12

proposition

Answer 12

（通常指商業上的）提議，建議
He wrote to me last week regarding a business proposition he thought might interest me.
他上週寫信給我，提出一項他認為我會感興趣的提案。

Question 13

proprietary

Answer 13

所有（人）的，業主的
I just assumed he owned the place - he had a proprietary air about him.
我理所當然以為這個地方是他的——他有一副主人的架勢。

Question 14

proprietor

Answer 14

所有人；業主；老闆
a hotel/newspaper proprietor
旅館／報業老闆

Question 15

propriety (2)

Answer 15

（行為）端正，得體，合宜
The director insisted that there was no question as to the propriety of how the funds were raised.
經理堅持說集資方式是完全正當的。

Question 16

propulsion

Answer 16

推進；推動力
wind propulsion
風力推進

Question 17

prosaic (3)

Answer 17

乏味的；平淡無奇的；缺乏想像力的
If only she’d been called Camilla or Flavia instead of the prosaic Jane.
要是她叫「卡蜜拉」或「弗拉維亞」而不是叫「珍」這個平常的名字該多好。

Question 18

proscribe (4)

Answer 18

（政府或其他權力機構）禁止
Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law.
國際法禁止對政治犯嚴刑逼供或草率處理。

Question 19

prosecute (4)

Answer 19

起訴；檢舉
Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
商店扒手將遭到起訴。

Question 20

proselytize

Answer 20

使改變（宗教、政治信仰或生活方式）
He was also remarkable for the proselytizing zeal with which he wrote his political pamphlets.
他也非常熱衷於改變他人的信仰，憑著這種熱情他寫了許多政治小冊子。

Question 21

prosodic

Answer 21

詩體學的；韻律學的；作詩法的
the prosodic structure of the poem
這首詩的韻律結構

Question 22

prospect

Answer 22

（發生好事情的）可能，可能性，機會
Is there any prospect of the weather improving?
天氣有可能好轉嗎？

Question 23

protégé (3)

Answer 23

受提攜的後進；門徒，門生
The young composer regarded himself as Berg’s protégé.
這位年輕的作曲家認為自己是伯格的門徒。

Question 24

protracted

Answer 24

持久的；延長的；拖延的
protracted negotiations
持久的談判

Question 25

protrude

Answer 25

伸出，突出，鼓出
A rotting branch protruded from the swamp like a ghostly arm.
一根腐爛的樹枝像鬼的手臂一樣從沼澤裡伸出來。

Question 26

provenance

Answer 26

起源；出處
jewels of uncertain provenance
來歷不明的珠寶

Question 27

provided (that) (2)

Answer 27

如果；只要
He’s welcome to come along, provided that he behaves himself.
他只要守規矩就歡迎他來。

Question 28

provincialism

Answer 28

provincialism

地方風格；方言

Question 29

provocation

Answer 29

激怒；挑釁；挑釁的話
He’d fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.
哪怕是稍稍惹他一下他都會勃然大怒。

Question 30

provocative

Answer 30

引發思考的，啟發性的
The programme will take a detailed and provocative look at the problem of homelessness.
這個節目將以啟發性的視角詳細審視無家可歸這個問題。

Question 31

provoke (2)

Answer 31

激起，引起（尤指負面反應）
The prospect of increased prices has already provoked an outcry.
物價上漲的預測已經引發了強烈抗議。

Question 32

prowl

Answer 32

（打獵等時）悄悄來回游走（於），潛行，逡巡
There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.
有人報告說有一個蒙面人在附近出沒。

Question 33

proximity (3)

Answer 33

接近，鄰近；臨近
The best thing about the location of the house is its proximity to the town centre.
這棟房子地理位置最好的就是鄰近市中心。

Question 34

prudence

Answer 34

審慎，慎重

Taylor has too much prudence to gamble. 泰勒為人謹慎小心，不會去投機冒險。

Question 35

prudent

Answer 35

謹慎的，慎重的；精明的
[ + to infinitive ] It’s always prudent to read a contract carefully before signing it.
簽合約前先好好看一下，這樣做永遠都是明智的。

Question 36

pry

Answer 36

探聽，打聽（隱私）
As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people’s lives.
作為一個記者，我拿取報酬去窺探他人的生活。

Question 37

psychosis

Answer 37

精神病，精神變態
She fell into a drug-induced psychosis.
她因吸毒而患上了精神病。

Question 38

publicity

Answer 38

宣傳活動；宣傳，推廣；關注
He attracted a lot of adverse/bad publicity with his speech about unmarried mothers.
他針對未婚媽媽所作的演講招致了公眾的不少抨擊。

Question 39

puffy (3)

Answer 39

（眼睛）腫脹的，腫大的
His eyes were still puffy with sleep.
他的眼睛因為睡覺所以還是腫腫的。

Question 40

pugnacious (2)

Answer 40

愛爭吵的；愛爭鬥的，好鬥的
I found him pugnacious and arrogant.
我發現他咄咄逼人，傲慢無禮。

Question 41

pugnacity

Answer 41

pugnacity

好鬥；好戰

Question 42

pull off

Answer 42

（車輛）開動
The car pulled off and sped up the road.
車開動了，在公路上加快了速度。

Question 43

pulverize

Answer 43

把（某物）壓（或磨）成粉
pulverized coal/bones
煤粉／骨粉

Question 44

pummel

Answer 44

（尤指用雙拳）接連地捶打
The boxer had pummelled his opponent into submission by the end of the fourth round.
第四回合比賽快要結束時那位拳擊手連續擊打對手使其認輸。

Question 45

punctilious

Answer 45

一絲不苟的；循規蹈矩的
He was always punctilious in his manners.
他的舉止總是循規蹈矩。

Question 46

punctual

Answer 46

準時的，守時的
a punctual start to the meeting
準時開會

Question 47

pungency (2)

Answer 47

刺激

the pungency of his remarks 他的話語之尖銳

Question 48

pungent

Answer 48

（氣味）刺鼻的；（味道）強烈的
the pungent whiff of a goat
山羊發出的刺鼻膻味

Question 49

puny

Answer 49

小的；弱的；微不足道的；無效的
a puny little man
瘦小的男人

Question 50

purge (5)

Answer 50

清除，肅清（反對者）
Party leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.
政黨領袖已採取行動清除黨內的極端分子。