Ti要你命1801-1950 Flashcards
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ponderable
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有價值的，值得考慮的：considerable
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ponderous
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沉重的：great weight；沉悶無聊的：unpleasantly dull
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pontificate
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傲慢地說或做：speak pompous
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pore
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仔細流覽，仔細研究：read or study attentively；毛孔；注視；沉思
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porous
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多孔可滲透的：admitting liquid
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portentous
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預兆性的，凶兆的：sign of evil；勾起興趣的，令人遐想的：eliciting amazement
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poseur
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故作姿態的，不真誠的人：affected insincere
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posit
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假定，斷定：affirm
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postulate
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前提條件：starting point；假定為真：assume true
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posture
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姿勢，姿態：way of holding the body；故作姿態，裝模作樣：pretended attitude
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potable
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飲品，尤指有酒精飲料：beverage；適於飲用的：suitable for drinking
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potentate
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有權勢的人：has the power
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potentiate
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啟動，加強：more active
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pout
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（尤指撅嘴或板著臉）表示不悅：show displeasure
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practitioner
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職業人士：profession
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prairie
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大草原：treeless grassland
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prate
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閒聊，空談：talk idly
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preach
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傳道，佈道：sermon
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precipice
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懸崖峭壁：steep
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precipitate
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匆忙的：careless speed；促使，導致：cause to happen；沉澱物
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precipitation
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沉積物，尤指降水：deposit, rain, snow；倉促：disorderly speed
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precipitous
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非常陡峭的：steep；匆忙的：careless speed
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preclude
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預先阻止：make impossible in advance；排斥：exclude
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precursor
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先驅者，先導：precedes
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predilection
愛好，偏袒：disposition favor
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preeminent
優秀的，重要的：paramount
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preempt
預先佔有：seize, before others；替換：replace
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preen
整理（羽毛）：smooth feathers；打扮修飾：dress oneself elaborate；自滿：take pride
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preface
序言：preliminary statement
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pregnant
重要的，意味深長的：full of meaning；懷孕的：containing offspring
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premeditate
預先考慮：consider beforehand
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preoccupation
非常關係，全神貫注：extreme concern
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preponderant
佔優勢的，更重要的：superior importance
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prepossessing
給人好感的，有魅力的：impress favorably
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preposterous
荒謬的，不符合常理的：contrary common sense
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presage
徵兆：sign or warning；預示，預言：predict
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prescription
規定，傳統的規矩：rule
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preservative
防腐劑：protect against decay
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prestige
聲望，威望：respect
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presumptuous
放肆的，冒昧的：overstepping bounds；傲慢的：feeling of superiority
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pretense
虛假，偽裝：pretending deceive；自大，優越感：exaggerated sense of one’s importance
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preternatural
超乎尋常：surpassing usual
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prevail
盛行，戰勝：greater in strength
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prevaricate
支吾其詞，撒謊：evade truth
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primordial
原始的，最初的：happening first
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primp
精心打扮：adorn finicky
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principal
主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank
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pristine
純淨的，質樸的，未被文明腐蝕的：pure, free from dirt or decay
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privation
缺乏，窮困：lack
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probe
深入調查：penetrating investigation
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probity
正直：moral standards
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proclivity
癖性，愛好：inclination
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procrastinate
（因為懶散）拖延：put off laziness
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procure
獲得，取得：get possession
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prod
促使…行動：persuade
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prodigious
巨大的：great in size；驚人的，了不起的：astonishment
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profane
褻瀆：treat abuse, irreverence, contempt；濫用：bad or improper use
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proffer
獻出，提供：offer
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proficient
熟練的，精通的：advanced competence
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profusion
豐富，大量：abundance；揮霍，浪費：wasteful
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proliferate
快速繁殖；激增：grow or multiply by rapidly offspring
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prolix
囉嗦的，冗長的：excessive length
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prologue
序言：preface
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proofread
正式宣佈：make known
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promulgate
校對：find errors and mark corrections
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propensity
傾向，癖好：inclination
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prophetic
預言的，預示的：foretelling
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propitiate
撫慰，勸解：appease
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propitious
吉祥的：favorably happy outcome
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proponent
建議者，支持者：support
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propriety
禮節：conformity socially acceptable；適當，得體：suitable or fitting
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prosaic
單調的，常見的：normal course of events；散文的
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proscribe
禁止，排斥：forbid
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prosecution
實行，執行：doing；起訴
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proselytize
（使）改變信仰：change religious faith
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prospect
探查，勘探：go into discovery；期待，期望的事物：looking forward to
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prosperous
成功的，繁盛的：vigorous growth, well-being
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prostrate
平躺（的），使平躺：lying flat；衰弱的，使衰竭：weakness
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protean
善變的；多才多藝的：diversity, variety, versatile
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protocol
正確的禮儀規範：correct conduct
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protrude
突出：project
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protuberant
隆起的，凸出的：thrusting out
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provident
節儉的：frugal, economical；有遠見的：awareness for the future
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providential
天意的，幸運（的）：divine intervention
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provincial
狹隘（的）：limited perspective；鄉下的，地方的
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provisional
臨時的：temporary
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provisory
有附帶條件的；臨時的：conditional
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provoke
激怒：incite anger；驅使，激起：stir feeling
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prowess
英勇，勇敢：superior, courage
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prowl
潛行於，巡遊以獵取食物，徘徊：roam through search of prey
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prude
過分正經的人：一個過分關心自己是否得體、謙遜、或正確的人：greatly concerned seemly behavior and morally
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prudish
過份守禮的：prudery
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prudent
謹慎的：prudery
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prune
梅幹：plum dried；修剪；修正
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pry
刺探，打聽：inquire closely, curiously；
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pseudonym
假名，筆名：fictitious
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psychology
心理學：science mental process and behavior；心理戰術：subtle tactical action influence
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pucker
撇（嘴），（使）收縮：contracted
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puckish
淘氣的，頑皮的：mischievous, impish
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puerile
幼稚的，不成熟的：immature
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puissance
權力：power
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pulchritude
美麗：beauty
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pulverize
將…研磨成粉；將…徹底摧毀：complete end
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pun
雙關語：humorous
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punctilious
注意細節的，一絲不苟的：attentive details
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pundit
權威人士，專家：opinions authoritative
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pungent
辛辣的，諷刺的：use of wit cause hurt feelings
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puny
微小的，弱小的：inferior size, weak
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purlieu
常去的地方：socializing；臨近的地區：adjoining region
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purloin
偷竊：steal
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purvey
（大量）供給，供應：supply
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pusillanimous
懦弱的，膽小得令人鄙視的：timidity
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quack
冒牌醫生：pretender；庸醫的
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quaff
大口地喝：drink heartily
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quail
膽怯，畏縮：fear, cower
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quandary
困惑，窘境：perplexity, doubt
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quarantine
隔離：isolation
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quarry
採石場：stone is obtained；目標，獵物：pursuit
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quash
鎮壓，阻止：put a stop to
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quaver
發顫音：quivering voice
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quell
壓制：suppress；使平靜，使安靜：pacify
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quench
熄滅：put out；使滿足：put a complete end to
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querulous
抱怨的，愛發牢騷的：complaining
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quibble
吹毛求疵：criticize, cavil；牽強之詞：微不足道的差別或不切中要點的異議，小反對：minor objection
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quiescent
平靜的，靜止的：quiet, inactive
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quixotic
不切實際的，空想的：more by ideals than by reality
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quota
配額，限額：proportional
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quotidian
每日的，平凡的：commonplace
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rabble
混亂的人群；暴民；下層群眾：disorganized crowd of people
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rabid
狂熱的，不冷靜的：fanatical
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racy
活潑生動的：vigorous
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raffish
低俗的：crudeness
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raffle
垃圾，廢物：discarded, useless
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ragged
衣衫襤褸的：threadbare clothes；凹凸不平的，不光滑的：not smooth
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rail
猛罵，猛烈抨擊：revile or scold
