List 18 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