List 19 Flashcards
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