Vocab 8 Flashcards
Paramount
最高的,最重要的,至上的,有最高权利的
Supreme, more important than anything else
Paradigm
模范解,范例
Parody
拙劣的模仿
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Pathos
感伤
Patronage
赞助,资助,保护,支援
Penurious
贫困的,缺乏的,吝啬的
Extremely poor; parsimonious, frugal
Perennial
终年的,长久的
Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring
Perishable
易腐烂的,易毁坏的,易消亡的
Go bad after quite a short length of time
Pestilence
瘟疫
Disease that spread quickly and kills large number of people
Pettiness
微少,小气,卑鄙,不重要的
Unimportant
Narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Petulant
暴躁的,易生气的
Piety
孝行,虔诚,虔敬
Pluralistic
兼职的,多元论的
In a pluralistic society, there are many different groups and political parties
Portent
前兆,预兆
Posthumous
死后的
Something happens after a person’s death but related to something they did before they died
Potence
力量,权力