Unit18

Question 1

Paucity

Answer 1

少量，缺乏

An extreme paucity of natural resource

Question 2

Peck

Answer 2

1大量
A peck of trouble
2(不情愿地）小口咬
Peck at small meals

Question 3

Pedant

Answer 3

书呆子，墨守成规之人

He is a perfect type of pedant

Question 4

Predestine

Answer 4

预先注定

A predestined victory

Question 5

Peeve

Answer 5

打扰，惹恼

Be peeved by flattery

Question 6

Pejorative

Answer 6

轻蔑的，贬低的

Pejorative attacks

Question 7

Plaintive

Answer 7

悲伤的

Plaintive cry of the seagulls

Question 8

Penchant

Answer 8

嗜好，迷恋

A penchant for Champaign

Question 9

Penitent

Answer 9

悔过的

A penitent criminal

Question 10

Pensive

Answer 10

沉思的，（尤指）哀思的

A pensive mood

Question 11

Perambulate

Answer 11

徒步穿越，走过

Perambulate the desert

Question 12

Peremptory

Answer 12

1 不容反抗的
A peremptory order from the general
2 傲慢的
A peremptory approach

Question 13

Parochial

Answer 13

狭隘的

The parochial outlook

Question 14

Perfidy

Answer 14

不忠，背信弃义

Perfidy estranged friends

Question 15

Perforate

Answer 15

打孔，穿透

Perforate with a pin

Question 16

Perfunctory

Answer 16

敷衍的，呵呵的

A perfunctory glance

Question 17

Peripatetic

Answer 17

巡游的，四处游历的

Peripatetic preachers

Question 18

Peripheral

Answer 18

辅助性的

The computer’s peripheral devices

Question 19

Pernicious

Answer 19

有害的

Idleness is pernicious

Question 20

Perpetual

Answer 20

永恒的，不断的

Perpetual motion machine

Question 21

Persecute

Answer 21

迫害，折磨

Persecuted minorities

Question 22

Persiflage

Answer 22

开玩笑

An inappropriate persiflage

Question 23

Personable

Answer 23

风度翩翩，吸引人的

A personable young man

Question 24

Perspicuity

Answer 24

清晰明了

The perspicuity of property right

Question 25

Pertinacious

Answer 25

顽固的，固执地坚持的 | The pertinacious crying boy

Question 26

Penance

Answer 26

忏悔 | Penance for her sin

Question 27

Peruse

Answer 27

细读 | Peruse the manuscript

Question 28

Petrify

Answer 28

使僵化，使失去活力 | Pressure from family has petrified his innovation mind

Question 29

Petty

Answer 29

细微的，不重要的 | Play petty tricks

Question 30

Philistine

Answer 30

市侩（注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人） | The philistine’s vulgarity

Question 31

Phlegmatic

Answer 31

冷静的，无感情的，冷漠的 | A strangely phlegmatic response

Question 32

Piddling

Answer 32

微不足道 | Raise a piddling objection

Question 33

Piebald

Answer 33

混合，杂糅而成 | His piebald ethnic background

Question 34

Pilfer

Answer 34

偷窃 | Pilfer the commercial document

Question 35

Precocious

Answer 35

早熟 | A precocious child

Question 36

Pillory

Answer 36

当众嘲弄 | Pilloried his opponent

Question 37

Pilot

Answer 37

1 初步的，试验性的 A pilot study 2 带领通过 Pilot the bill

Question 38

Pine

Answer 38

渴望，奢望 | Pine for a lost love

Question 39

Pinnacle

Answer 39

顶峰 | The pinnacle of career

Question 40

Pinpoint

Answer 40

1 非常准确的 The pinpoint location 2 精确定位或确认 Pinpoint the target

Question 41

Piquant

Answer 41

令人振奋的 | A piquant glance

Question 42

Pique

Answer 42

激起，刺激 | Pique their curiosity

Question 43

Pithy

Answer 43

精炼的，简洁的 | Give a pithy introduction

Question 44

Pittance

Answer 44

少量津贴 | A pittance for a salary

Question 45

Placate

Answer 45

(通过让步以）平息抚慰 | Placate the local opposition

Question 46

Placebo

Answer 46

安慰性的事物 | The placebo for the dying patients

Question 47

Plangent

Answer 47

凄凉的，哀伤的 | A plangent song about a long-ago love

Question 48

Poignant

Answer 48

令人伤感的 | A poignant story of a love affair

Question 49

Pliable

Answer 49

1 易弯曲的，柔软的 Pliable optical fiber 2 易受影响的、温顺的 The pliable mind of youth

Question 50

Pliant

Answer 50

1 易弯曲的 A pliant young tree 2 顺从的 Pliant exterior

Question 51

Plodding

Answer 51

无聊的，单调乏味的 | The first four plodding episodes

Question 52

Pluck

Answer 52

敢于面对困难的勇气 | Full of pluck

Question 53

Plumb

Answer 53

1 完全的，绝对的 Plumb trash 2 仔细深入地检查，探索 Plumb the book’s complexity

Question 54

Plummet

Answer 54

突然下降 | Over all GPA plummeted 0.5 points

Question 55

Plump

Answer 55

1 丰满的 Being plump was a sign of ultimate beauty 2 鼎力支持，赞不绝口 Plump for candidate

Question 56

Plunge

Answer 56

突然下降 | Stock’s value plunged

Question 57

Politic

Answer 57

合时宜的，明智的 | A politic decision

Question 58

Pompous

Answer 58

浮夸的，傲慢的 | A pompous politician