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pacify

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V. /安抚；使平静/soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue

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pact

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N. /协约；条约/agreement; treaty.

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paean

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N. /欢乐歌；赞歌/song of praise or joy

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painstaking

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ADJ. /费劲心思的，小心的/showing hard work; taking-Dreat care

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palatable

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ADJ. /合意的，可口的/agreeable; pleasing to the taste.

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paleontology

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N. /古生物学，化石学/study of prehistoric life.

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palette

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N. /调色板/board on which painter mixes pigments

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pall

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V. /令人发腻/grow tiresome

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palliate

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V. /减轻，缓和，为。。。找借口/lessen the violence of (a disease); alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with
excuses.

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pallid

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ADJ. /苍白的，无血色的/pale; wan

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palpable

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ADJ. /显而易见的；明显的/tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable

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palpitate

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V. /(心脏)剧跳，悸动，颤抖/throb; flutter

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paltry

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ADJ. /太少的，微不足道/insignificant; petty; trifling

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pan

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V. /严厉批评/criticize harshly

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panacea

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N. /万全之策，万灵药/cure-all; remedy for all diseases

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panache

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N. /神气十足，潇洒/flair; flamboyance

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pandemic

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ADJ. /广泛传播的，普遍的/widespread; affecting the majority of people

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pandemonium

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N. /大混乱；骚乱/wild tumult

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pander

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V. /迎合（不良需求）/cater to the low desires of others

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panegyric

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N. /颂文，颂词/formal praise.

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panoramic

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ADJ. /全景的，概论的/related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view

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pantomime

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N. /演哑剧/acting without dialogue

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papyrus

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N. /纸莎草纸（古代的）/ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

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parable

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N. /说教性寓言/short, simple story teaching a moral

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paradigm

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N. /模型，范例；样式/model; example; pattern

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paradox

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N. /自相矛盾，似非而是/something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is
actually correct

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paragon

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N. /典范，模范/model of perfection

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parallelism

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N. /平行；类似的/state of being parallel; similarity

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paramount

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ADJ. /至高无上，最重要的/foremost

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paranoia

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N. /多疑；偏执狂/psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

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paraphernalia

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N. /装备；个人随身物品/equipment; odds and ends.

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paraphrase

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V. /解释；批注；注释/restate a passage in one’s own words while retaining thought of author

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parasite

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N. /寄生虫；追随者/animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant

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parched

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ADJ. /干旱的；焦干的/extremely dry; very thirsty

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pariah

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N. /被遗弃的人/social outcast

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parity

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N. /相同，同等/equality in status or amount

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parochial

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ADJ. /教区的，地方观念的/narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes

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parody

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N. /拙劣的模仿/humorous

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paroxysm

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N. /一阵（痛苦，大笑，愤怒）/fit or attack of pain

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parry

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V. /躲避，劈开/ward off a blow; deflect

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parsimony

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N. /小气；吝啬/stinginess; excessive frugality

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partial

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ADJ. /部分的；偏向一方的/incomplete

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partiality

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N. /偏见/inclination; bias

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partisan

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ADJ. /党派的，派性的/one-sided

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partition

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V. /分割，隔开/divide into parts

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passive

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ADJ. /消极的，被动的/not active; acted upon.

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passport

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N. /护照/legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing him or her
to travel abroad.

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pastiche

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N. /模仿作品，摹写，拼揍而成的作品，/imitation of another’s style in musical composition or in writing

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pastoral

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ADJ. /田园的；乡下的，牧人的/rural.

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patent

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ADJ. /明易的；公开的/open for the public to read; obvious

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pathetic

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ADJ. /可怜的，招人怜悯的/causing sadness, compassion,

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pathological

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ADJ. /病理学，疾病的，病态的/related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal.

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pathos

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N. /伤感，伤感力/tender sorrow; pity

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patina

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N. /铜绿；光泽/green crust on old bronze works

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patriarch

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N. /家长，族长/father and ruler of a family or tribe

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patrician

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ADJ. /贵族的，贵族式的/noble; aristocratic

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patronize

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V. /资助；光顾，赞助/support; act superior toward; be a customer of

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paucity

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N. /不足；缺乏/scarcity.

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pauper

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N. /穷人，贫民/very poor person

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peccadillo

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N. /小过错，小过失/slight offense

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parameter

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n 界限，限定因素，特征 boundary，limiting factor

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