18 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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patrician
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贵族，名门望族：high birth；贵族的，地位高的：high birth
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patriot
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爱国者：loves country
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patronize
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赞助：provide aid；以高人一等的态度对待：treat haughtily
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paucity
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少量，缺乏：dearth
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paunchy
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大腹便便的，大肚子的：potbelly
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peck
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大量：considerable amount；（不情愿地）小口咬：in small bites
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pedagogue
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教育者，老师：give formal instruction
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pedant
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书呆子，墨守成规之人：formal rules
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predestine
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预先注定：in advance
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pedestrian
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行人：traveling on foot；平庸无奇的，令人厌倦的：causing weariness
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peep
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一瞥：brief look；轻声：slight sound
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peer
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同等地位的人，同辈：equal；好奇地凝视：look
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peeve
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打扰，惹恼：disturb
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pejorative
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轻蔑的，贬低的：disparaging
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pellucid
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透明的：admitting light；清晰明确的，易懂的：clear
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pen
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监狱：confinement；关押，监禁：close
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penalty
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（对罪行的）处罚：punishment
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penchant
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嗜好，迷恋：strong inclination
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penitent
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悔过的：regretful
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pensive
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沉思的，（尤指）哀思的：thinking
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penury
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贫穷：dearth；吝啬，节俭：frugality
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perambulate
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徒步穿越，走过：travel over
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perceptible
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可察觉的：being perceived
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peremptory
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不容反抗的：not allowing contradiction；爱发号施令的：ordering people；傲慢的：feeling of superiority
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perfervid
非常热情的：exaggerated emotion
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perfidy
不忠，背信弃义：disloyalty
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perforate
打孔，穿透：make a hole
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perfunctory
例行公事的，敷衍的：superficially；不感兴趣的：lacking in interest
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perimeter
边界，界限：outer limit
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periodical
期刊：publication；周期性的，有固定间隔的：regular intervals
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peripatetic
巡游的，四处游历的：place to place
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peripheral
外围的：boundary or periphery；辅助性的：supply
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perish
死亡，消亡：cease to exist
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permanent
永恒的：continuing or enduring, forever
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permeable
可渗透的：penetrated
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pernicious
有害的：injurious
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peroration
（演讲的）结束语：concluding part；（正式的）演讲，致辞：formal discourse
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perpetual
永恒的，不断的：continuing forever
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persecute
迫害，折磨：cause suffering
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persevere
坚持不懈，不屈不挠：persist
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persiflage
打趣：teasing
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persistence
坚持，持续：lasting existence
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personable
风度翩翩的，吸引人的：attractive
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perspicacious
极敏锐的，有洞察力的：penetrating mental discernment
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perspicuity
清晰明了的：clearness and lucidity
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pertain
有关联的：have a relation
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pertinacious
顽固的，固执地坚持的：sticking
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pertinent
相关的，恰当的：relevance
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perturb
使扰乱，使烦躁不安：trouble the mind
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peruse
细读：examine with great care
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pervade
弥漫，充满：throughout
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pessimistic
悲观的：take the gloomiest possible view
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petition
请愿，正式的申请，申请书：supplication or request；（尤指正式地）请求：,make a request
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petrify
使僵化，使失去活力：become stiff
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petty
细微的，不重要的：small importance
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phenomenal
不寻常的，非凡的：out of the ordinary
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philanthropic
博爱的，为他人着想的：welfare of others
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philistine
市侩（注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人）：guided by materialism
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phlegmatic
冷静的，无感情的，淡漠的：calm, sluggish temperament
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piddling
微不足道的：trifling or trivial
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piebald
杂色的：different colors；混合的，杂糅而成的：different sorts
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pigment
颜料：color；给…上颜色：color
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pilfer
偷窃：steal
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pillar
柱子：support；（物质、精神等方面的）支柱：support
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pillory
当众嘲弄：public contempt
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pilot
领航员，飞行员：steer a ship；初步性的，试验性的：tentative model；带领通过：lead
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pine
渴望，奢望：yearn；因渴望而憔悴：lose vigor
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pinnacle
顶峰：highest point
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pinpoint
非常精确的：extreme precision；精确定位或确认：identify with precision
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piquant
辛辣开胃的：pungent taste；令人振奋的：provocative
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pique
使愤怒：arouse anger；激起，刺激：excite or arouse
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pirate
盗版，盗用：without actual right；海岛：robber seas
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pithy
精练的，简洁的：brief
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pitiless
没有同情心的：devoid of pity
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pittance
少量津贴：small portion
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placate
（通过让步以）平息抚慰：lessen the anger
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placebo
安慰性的事物：used to appease or reassure
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plagiarize
剽窃，抄袭：steal ideas
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plangent
轰鸣的：loud sound；凄凉的，哀伤的：plaintive
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plastic
可塑的：modified；虚假的，做作的：lacking in natural
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plateau
高原：raised above；稳定时期，平台期：stable level
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platitude
陈词滥调：banal statement；缺乏原创性：lack of originality
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plausible
看似有理的：superficially reasonable
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pleat
打褶：fold
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plentitude
大量：ample amount
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plethora
过量，过剩：excess
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pliable
易弯曲的，柔软的：supple；易受影响的，温顺的：easily influenced
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pliant
易弯曲的：easily bent；顺从的：yielding
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plight
困境：unfortunate
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plod
沉重缓慢地走：walk heavily
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pluck
敢于面对困难的勇气：courage；弹奏（弦乐）：strings pulling releasing
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plumb
测深度：measure the depth；垂直的：vertical；仔细深入地检查；探索，探究：examine deeply
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plummet
突然下降：decline suddenly
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plump
丰满的：well-around；鼎力支持，赞不绝口：give full support
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plunge
突然下降：descend suddenly；插入，刺入：penetrate
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polarize
使分开对立，使两极分化：break into opposing
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polemic
争执：argument
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polished
有教养的：high degree of refinement；擦亮的：shiny
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politic
精明能干的：shrewdness；合时宜的，明智的：suitable
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pompous
浮夸的：ornate；傲慢的：self-importance
