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philanthropist

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N. /慈善家，乐善好施者/lover of mankind; doer of good

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philistine

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N. /平庸的人，没有文化修养的人/narrow-minded person,

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philology

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N. /语言学/study of language

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phlegmatic

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ADJ. /冷静的；沉着的/calm; not easily disturbed

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phobia

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N. /强烈的恐惧/morbid fear

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phoenix

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N. /凤凰（象征不死和重生、涅磐），死而复生的人和事/symbol of immortality or rebirth.

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phylum

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N. /（生物分类上的)门；语群/major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division

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physiological

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ADJ. /生理学的/pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms

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picaresque

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ADJ. /以流浪汉为题材的文学作品的/pertaining to rogues in literature

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piebald

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ADJ. /有花斑的/mottled; spotted

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piecemeal

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ADV. /一步一步地；渐渐的/one piece at a time; gradually

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pied

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ADJ. /杂色的；多色的/variegated; multicolored

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piety

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N. /虔诚；虔敬/religious devotion; godliness

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pigment

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N. /颜料，色素/coloring matter

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pillage

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V. /抢劫，劫掠/plunder

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pine

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V. /衰弱，憔悴；思念；松树/languish, decline; long for

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pinnacle

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N. /极点，顶峰/peak

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pious

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ADJ. /虔诚的，宗教的/devout; religious.

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piquant

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ADJ. /开胃的；辛辣的/pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating

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pique

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N. /不悦，生气/irritation; resentment

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pique

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V. /使生气，激怒/provoke or arouse; annoy.

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pitfall

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N. /隐患，陷进/hidden danger; concealed trap

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pithy

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ADJ. /精炼的；简洁的，精辟的/concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty

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pittance

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N. /少量的钱/a small allowance or wage

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pivotal

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ADJ. /关键的/crucial; key; vital

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placate

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V. /使平静，安抚/pacify;

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placebo

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N. /安慰剂/harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

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placid

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ADJ. /安静的，平静的/peaceful; calm

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plagiarism

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N. /剽窃，抄袭/theft of another’s ideas or writings passed off as original

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plagiarize

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V. /剽窃，抄袭/steal another’s ideas and pass them off as one’s own

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plaintive

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ADJ. /哀伤的/mournful

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plasticity

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N. /可塑性/ability to be molded.

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platitude

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N. /老生常谈，陈词滥调/trite remark; commonplace statement

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plaudit

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N. /赞扬，赞美/enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause

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plausible

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ADJ. /似乎是真的，有道理的 /having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious

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plenitude

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N. /充分，充足，完全/abundance; completeness

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plethora

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N. / 过剩； 过多/excess; overabundance

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pliable

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ADJ. /变通的；柔韧的；适应性强的/flexible; yielding; adaptable.

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pliant

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ADJ. /顺从的/flexible; easily influenced

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plight

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N. /情况，困境/condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament

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plumb

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ADJ. /完全的，垂直的/checking perpendicularity; vertical

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plumage

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N. /(鸟的)全身羽毛/feathers of a bird

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plummet

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V. /暴跌/fall sharply

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plutocracy

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N. /财阀政府/society ruled by the wealthy.

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podiatrist

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N. /足医/doctor who treats ailments of the feet.

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podium

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N. /表演台，讲台，乐队指挥台/pedestal; raised platform.

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poignancy

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N. /（感情）强烈；深刻，心酸；惨痛/quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion

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polarize

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V. /使两极分化/split into opposite

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polemical

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ADJ. /抨击的，论战的/aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious

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politic

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ADJ. /深谋远虑的，慎重的，明智的/expedient; prudent; well advised

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polygamist

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N. /多配偶者/one who has more than one spouse at a time

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polyglot

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ADJ. /通数国语言的，

数国语言的/speaking several languages

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pomposity

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N. /自大，傲慢/self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt

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ponderous

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ADJ. /笨重的；笨拙的/weighty; unwieldy

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pontifical

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ADJ. /教皇的；教宗的，傲慢武断的/pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious.

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pore

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V. /熟读，细想，沉思；考察；/study industriously; ponder; scrutinize

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porous

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ADJ. /有孔的，疏松的/full of pores; like a sieve

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portend

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V. /预兆；预示/foretell; presage

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portent

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N. /标志/sign; omen; forewarning

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portly

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ADJ. /健壮的；肥胖的；魁梧的/stately; stout.

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poseur

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N. /装模作样的人；装腔作势之人/person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant

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posterity

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N. /子孙；后裔/descendants; future generations

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posthumous

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ADJ. /死后的；遗腹的（书出版于作者死后，孩子生于父亲死后）/after death (as of child born after
father’s death or book published after author’s death).

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postulate

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N. / 假定，基本原理/essential premise; underlying assumption

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potable

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ADJ. /适于饮用的/suitable for drinking

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potent

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ADJ. /有力的，有效的/powerful; persuasive; greatly influential

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potentate

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N. /统计者，当权者/monarch; sovereign

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potential

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ADJ. /有潜力的/expressing possibility; latent

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potion

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N. /一服，一剂dose (of liquid).

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practicable

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ADJ. /能实行的，行得通的/feasible

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practical

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ADJ. /实践的，实用的/based on experience; useful

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practitioner

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N. /从业者，开业者/someone engaged in a profession (law, medicine

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pragmatic

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ADJ. /实际的；注重实效的/practical (as opposed to idealistic);

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pragmatist

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N. /实用主义者/practical person

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prank

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N. /胡闹；开玩笑/mischievous trick

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prate

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V. /空谈，瞎聊/speak foolishly; boast idly.

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prattle

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V. /唠叨/babble. Baby

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preamble

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N. /序言/introductory statement

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precarious

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ADJ. /不安全的；危险的/uncertain; risky

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precedent

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N. /惯例，先例/something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future
action

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plumb

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v 查明，探明，用铅锤测深，examine critically in order to understand, measure depth (by sounding)

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