3000 ch9 Flashcards

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patrician

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贵族,名门望族

aristocrat, noble, blue blood

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patronize

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赞助
advocate, back, champion, endorse, support, uphold
v. 以高人一等的态度对待

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paunchy

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大腹便便,大肚子的

corpulent, fat, potbellied

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peck

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大量
abundance, bunch, bundle, dozen, mass, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, pile, plenitude, profusion,
ton, volume, wealth

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pedagogue

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教育者,老师:

educator, instructor, preceptor, teacher

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pedant

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书呆子,墨守成规之人

doctrinaire, dogmatist

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predestine

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预先注定

doom, fate, foredoom, foreordain, ordain

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pedestrian

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行人:

footer, walker

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peep

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一瞥

gander, glance, glimpse, peek

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pejorative

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轻蔑的,贬低的

belittling, contemptuous, degrading, deprecatory, depreciative

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pellucid

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透明的

crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, transparent

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pen

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关押,监禁

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penitent

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悔过

apologetic, compunctious, regretful

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penury

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贫穷
destitution, impecuniosity, impoverishment, indigence
吝啬,节俭:

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perambulate

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徒步穿越,走过

amble, cross, go, navigate

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peremptory

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不容反抗的
compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, obligatory
傲慢的

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perfervid

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非常热情的

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perfidy

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不忠,背信弃义:

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perforate

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打孔,穿透:

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perimeter

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边界,界限

borderline, bound, boundary, circumference, confines, edge, frame

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peripatetic

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l巡游的,四处游历

ambulant, errant, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine

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perish

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死亡,消亡:

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permanent

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永恒的

ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, perpetual, undying

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peroration

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(演讲的)结束语:

coda, conclusion, denouement, epilogue,

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perpetual
永恒的,不断的 | ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, eternal, immortal, perpetual
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persecute
迫害,折磨 | agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, harrow,
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persiflage
打趣 | backchat, badinage, chaff, jesting, joshing, raillery
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perspicacious
极敏锐的,有洞察力的:
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perspicuity
清晰明了: | clarity, clearness, explicitness, lucidity, lucidness, perspicuousness
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pertain
有关联 | appertain, bear, concern, refer, relate
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pertinacious
顽固的,固执地坚持的 | adamant, headstrong, implacable, inflexible
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pertinent
相关的,恰当的 | applicable, apposite, apropos, germane
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perturb
扰乱,使烦躁不安 | agitate, ail, bother, discomfort, discompose, distress, unsettle, upset
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peruse
细读: | examine, scrutinize
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pervade
弥漫,充满
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pessimistic
悲观的 | bearish, defeatist, despairing, downbeat, hopeless
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petition
请愿,正式的申请
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petrify
使僵化,失去活力 | damp, dampen, deaden, devitalize, enervate
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petty
细微的,不重要的 | inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly
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phenomenal
不寻常的,非凡的 | especial, exceptional, extraordinary, peculiar, preternatural
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philistine
n. 市侩(注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人): | lowbrow, materialist
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phlegmatic
冷静的,无感情的,淡漠的 | affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless
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piddling
微不足道的
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piebald
杂色的 | blotched, dappled, marbled, mottled, splotched
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pigment
颜料 | colorant, dye, stain
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pilfer
偷窃 | appropriate, filch, hook, lift, pinch, purloin, steal, thieve
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pillar
柱子 | column, pier, pilaster
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pillory
被示众嘲弄 | abase, debase, degrade, denounce, humiliate, ridicule
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pilot
领航员,飞行员 | aviator, bellwether, captain, guide, helmsman, leader
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pine
渴望,奢望 | ache, crave, dream, hunger, itch, long, lust, repine, thirst, yearn
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pinnacle
顶峰 | acme, apex, climax, culmination, meridian, peak, summit:
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pinpoint
非常精确的 | accurate, close, delicate, exact, fine, hairline, mathematical, precise
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piquant
辛辣开胃的
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pique
使愤怒 aggravate, annoy, exasperate, infuriate, irritate, peeve, provoke, rile, roil 激起,刺激 arouse, encourage, excite, fire, impassion, incite
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pithy
精练的,简洁的 | apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise
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pitiless
没有同情心 | affectless, callous, coldhearted, cruel, harsh
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pittance
少量津贴 | bit, mite, modicum, peanuts, trace
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placate
(通过让步以)平息抚慰 | appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify, propitiate, tranquilize
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placebo
安慰性的事物
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plagiarize
剽窃,抄袭 | steal
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plangent
轰鸣的 | blaring, blasting, clamorous, deafening, earsplitting
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plastic
可塑的 | adaptable, ductile, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant
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plateau
高原 | highland, mesa, tableland, upland
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plausible
看似有理的:
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pleat
打褶 | corrugate, crease, furrow, ruffle, wrinkle
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plentitude
大量 | abundance, affluence, cornucopia, myriad, plenty, profusion, stack
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pliable
易弯曲的,柔软的: | adaptable, ductile, flexible, limber, plastic, supple
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plight
困境 | dilemma, jam, predicament
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plod
沉重缓慢地走 | tramp, trudge
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pluck
敢于面对困难的勇气 | backbone, courage, dauntlessness, grit, guts
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plumb
完全的,绝对的
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plummet
突然下降: | crash, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, plunge
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plump
丰满的 | chubby, fleshy, fat, gross, obese, rotund, round
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plunge
crash, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, plummet
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polished
有教养的 | cultivated, cultured, genteel, refined, urbane
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pompous
浮夸的 | affected, bombastic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical