3000 ch10

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posit

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.假定，断 assume, postulate, presuppose, premise, presume

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precipitous

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非常陡峭的

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prairie

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大草原 grassland, meadow, plain, savanna

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prescience

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预知，先见 foresight, forethought, providence

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pretense

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affectation, camouflage, deceit

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potable

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饮品，尤指有酒精饮料 beverage, drink, juice, liquor, spirits 适于饮用的 drinkable, edible

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precarious

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危险不稳定的 delicate, fragile, sensitive, touchy, unstable

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porous

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多孔可渗透的 passable, penetrable, permeable, pervious

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ponderable

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有价值的，值得考虑 appreciable, perceptible, sensible

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preposterous

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荒谬的，不符合常理的： absurd, asinine, fallacious

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proliferate

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快速繁殖，激增 balloon, boom, build up, escalate, expand,

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preternatural

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超乎寻常的

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pout

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表示不悦 grump, mope, sulk

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prosecution

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实行，执行 accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment

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postulate

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前提条件 premise, presumption, presupposition, supposition 假定为真 assume, conjecture, hypothesize, posit, presuppose, premise, presume

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prescription

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规定，传统的规矩：

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ponderous

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沉重的 cumbersome, heavy, hefty, massive, onerous, weighty 沉闷无聊的 dreary, dull, flat, elephantine, monotonous, insipid, vapid

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propriety

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礼节 decorum, form, etiquette

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preoccupation

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非常关心，全神贯注 absorption, engagement, preoccupied adj. 全神贯注的

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procure

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获得，取得 acquire, attain, garner, knock down, pull down, bring

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proficient

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熟练的，精通的 accomplished, complete, expert, skilled, versed, virtuoso

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primordial

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原始的，最初的 ancient, early, primal, primeval, primitive

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portentous

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预兆性的，凶兆的 baleful, direful, doomy, foreboding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, ominous, sinister, ill-omened

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propitious

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吉祥的

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probity

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正直 honesty, integrity, rectitude, righteousness,

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propitiate

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慰抚，劝解 appease, assuage, conciliate, disarm, mollify

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proponent

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建议者，支持者 advocate, apostle, champion, expounder, espouser, friend,

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proscribe

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禁止，排斥 ban, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohib

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prostrate

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平躺 debilitated, effete, enervated, enfeebled, languid

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precipice

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悬崖峭壁 bluff, cliff, crag, escarpment, palisade

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PRIMP

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精心打扮

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prod

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促使……行动 encourage, exhort, goad, nudge, prompt, spur, egg on

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proofread

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校对

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prosperous

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成功的，繁盛的 booming, flourishing, halcyon, lush, palmy, roaring

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provident

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节俭的

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preponderant

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占优势的，更重要的 dominant, paramount, predominant

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profligate

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挥金如土的，挥霍的 extravagant, high-rolling, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless

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prepossessing

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给人好感的 alluring, attractive, appealing, captivating, charming

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prate

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闲聊，空谈 babble, chat, chatter, converse, gabble, jabber, prattle, twitter

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prevaricate

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支吾其词，撒谎 equivocate, fabricate, falsify, lie, palter

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preen

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打扮修饰：整理

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potentiate

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激活，加强 activate, energize, enhance, intensify, stir, wake, vitalize

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predilection

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爱好，偏袒 】affection, affinity, bias, disposition, inclination, leaning, penchant, predisposition

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profundity

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深奥，深刻 deepness, profoundness

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pore

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仔细浏览，仔细研究 cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, perpend, ruminate, study

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preach

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传道，布道： discourse, sermon

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preface

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序言 foreword, introduction, overture,

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prevail

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盛行，战胜 conquer, dominate, overcome, reign, triumph

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procrastinate

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（因为懒散）拖延

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preempt

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预先占有 替换

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prevalent

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流行的，普遍的 conventional, dominant, common, popular, predominant, preponderant

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precipitate

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匆忙的 cursory, flying, headlong, hurried, overhasty, precipitous, rash, rushed 促使，导致

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prodigious

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巨大的： colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, titanic, tremendous 惊人的，了不起的

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profane

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亵渎 defile, violate 滥用 abuse, misemploy, misuse, pervert, prostitute

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precipitation

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沉积物.仓促

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privation

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缺乏，穷困 deprivation, loss

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provisory

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有附带条件的，临时的 interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory

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preeminent

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优秀的，重要的 preeminence

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protuberant

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隆起的，凸出的 protuberance 隆起

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provincial

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狭隘的 illiberal, insular, parochial, sectarian

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proffer

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献出，提供 extend, give, proffer, tender, trot out

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potentate

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有权的人 authority, autocrat, monarch, ruler, sovereign

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probe

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深入调查 delving, disquisition, exploration, inquisition

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prestige

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声望，威望：

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presumptuous

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放肆的，冒昧的 audacious, bold, brash, impertinent, impudent, insolent, pompous, pres

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practitioner

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职业人士 expert, expounder, guru, professional, specialist, virtuoso

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prologue

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序言

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prospect

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探查，勘探 hunt, probe, search, skirr 期待，被期望的某物

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poseur

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故作姿态、不真诚的人 grandstander, poser

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proselytize

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改变信仰：

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presage

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预示，预言 The incident may presage war.

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precursor

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先驱者，先 foregoer, forerunner, harbinger, herald, outrider