常用口语词汇25
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pigment1 n.颜料,色料

  pilfer2 vt/vi.偷窃

  pillar n. 柱子,栋梁;重要的支持者

  pillory3 n.被示众,被嘲弄

  pilot n. 飞行员;领航员

  pine n.松树 vi.消瘦;渴望

  pinnacle4 n. 小尖塔,顶点

  pinpoint5 v. 精确定位或确认

  piquant6 adj.辛辣的,开胃的

  pique7 n.不满,愤怒vt.伤害……自尊心,使……生气

  pirate n.海盗;盗版者vt.盗版,翻印;掠夺

  pitch n.音品;程度

  pithy8 adj. 精练的,简洁的

  pitiless adj. 无情的,冷酷的

  placate9 vt.安抚,和解

  placebo10 n.安慰剂

  plagiarize11 vt.vi. 剽窃,抄袭

  plangent12 adj.轰鸣的

  plantation13 n. 大农场,种植园

  plasticity n.可塑性,塑性

  plateau n. 高地,高原稳定水平

  platitude14 n. 陈词滥调,陈腐

  plausible15 adj. 似真实的,似合理的

  pleat n.褶,褶状物 vt.使……打褶

  plentitude n.充分

  plethora16 n. 过量,过剩

  pliable17 adj. 易曲折的,柔软的,易受影响的,温顺的

  pliant18 adj.易受影响的,易弯曲的,顺从的

  plight19 n.困境

  plodding20 adj.沉重缓慢的,单调乏味的

  pluck n. 勇气,精力

  pluck n.猛拉;动物内脏;弹奏

  plumb21 vt.用铅锤测定深度

  plummet22 v. 垂直或突然地堕下

  plump adj.丰满的

  plutocracy23 n.富豪统治

  podiatrist n.足病医生

  polarize v.成为相对立,两极分化

  polemic24 adj. 争论的

  polished adj.精练的,优美的,有教养的

  politic25 adj. 精明的,圆滑的,慎重的,策略的

  pollster n. 民意测验专家

  pompous26 adj. 傲慢的,自大的,夸大的

  ponderable adj. 有价值的,有重量的

  ponderous27 adj. 笨重的,笨拙的

  pontificate v.自大武断地做,装模作样的说话

  porcelain28 n.瓷,瓷器

  pore n.毛孔,气孔,细孔

  porous29 adj. 可渗透的

  portentous30 adj. 前兆的,不寻常的

  portfolio31 n.部长职务;公事包

  poseur32 n.装模作样的人

  posit33 v.假设,假定

  postulate34 v. 假定为真

  posture35 vi. 作姿势

  potable adj. 适于饮用的

  potboiler n.粗制滥造的文艺作品

  potentate36 n.有权的人,统治者

  potentiate vt.加强

  pout37 vt. vi. 撅嘴,绷脸

  prairie n. 大草原,牧场

  prate38 vi. 闲聊,空谈

  preach vt.vi. 传道,讲道,鼓吹,宣讲,说教

  precarious39 adj. 不稳定的,缺乏安全感的

  precedent40 adj.在先的,先前的 n. 先例,前例

  precipice41 n. 悬崖

  precipitate42 v. 加速 adj. 匆忙的,鲁莽的

  precipitation n.急躁;降雨

  precipitous adj.非常陡峭的

  preclude43 v. 预先行动以阻止

  precursor44 n. 先驱者,先导

  predecessor45 n. 前任,先辈

  predilection46 n.爱好,偏袒

  preeminent47 adj. 优秀的,卓越的

  preempt48 v. 以先买权取得,取代

  preen49 v. 整理羽毛,打扮修饰

  preface n. 序文,前言

  pregnant adj. 含有深意的;有创造力的

  premeditated adj. 预想的,有计划的

  preoccupation n.当务之急

  preponderant adj.占优势的,压倒性的

  prepossessing adj. 吸引人的,有魅力的

  preposterous50 adj. 荒谬的



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1 pigment gi0yg     
n.天然色素,干粉颜料
参考例句:
  • The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。
  • Who thought he might know what the skin pigment phenomenon meant.他自认为可能知道皮肤色素出现这种现象到底是怎么回事。
2 pilfer nAPyP     
v.盗,偷,窃
参考例句:
  • Staff were pilfering behind the bar.店员在柜台后有些小偷小摸的行为。
  • When food stores close,they go to work,pilfering food for resale on the black market.食品店关门后,他们就行动起来,偷食品拿到黑市上出售。
3 pillory J2xze     
n.嘲弄;v.使受公众嘲笑;将…示众
参考例句:
  • A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
  • He was pilloried,but she escaped without blemish.他受到公众的批评,她却名声未损地得以逃脱。
4 pinnacle A2Mzb     
n.尖塔,尖顶,山峰;(喻)顶峰
参考例句:
  • Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
  • It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
5 pinpoint xNExL     
vt.准确地确定;用针标出…的精确位置
参考例句:
  • It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出,现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
  • I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
6 piquant N2fza     
adj.辛辣的,开胃的,令人兴奋的
参考例句:
  • Bland vegetables are often served with a piquant sauce.清淡的蔬菜常以辛辣的沙司调味。
  • He heard of a piquant bit of news.他听到了一则令人兴奋的消息。
7 pique i2Nz9     
v.伤害…的自尊心,使生气 n.不满,生气
参考例句:
  • She went off in a fit of pique.她一赌气就走了。
  • Tom finished the sentence with an air of pique.汤姆有些生气地说完这句话。
8 pithy TN8xR     
adj.(讲话或文章)简练的
参考例句:
  • Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.他们中很多人特别赞扬了影片精炼的对白。
  • His pithy comments knocked the bottom out of my argument.他精辟的评论驳倒了我的论点。
9 placate mNfxU     
v.抚慰,平息(愤怒)
参考例句:
  • He never attempts to placate his enemy.他从不企图与敌人和解。
  • Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.甚至一纸书面道歉都没能安抚这个怒气冲冲的女主人。
10 placebo placebo     
n.安慰剂;宽慰话
参考例句:
  • The placebo has been found to work with a lot of different cases.人们已发现安慰剂能在很多不同的病例中发挥作用。
  • The placebo effect refers to all the observable behaviors caused by placebo.安慰剂效应是指由安慰剂所引起的可观察的行为。
11 plagiarize U2Fz4     
v.剽窃,抄袭(别人学说、著作)
参考例句:
  • Never plagiarize your paper.课程论文千万不要抄袭。
  • It's not a viable option to plagiarize someone else's work.剽窃他人作品的行为是不可取的。
12 plangent NNzxX     
adj.悲哀的,轰鸣的
参考例句:
  • Today's world,a lot of places left already sprinkler and farm cattle,leaving even plangent machine times 今天的世界,许多地方早已离别了水车和耕牛,甚至正在离别轰鸣的机器时代。
  • Enormous engine is plangent blow airline challenges civilian battalion the bugle of state-owned airline.巨大的引擎轰鸣
13 plantation oOWxz     
n.种植园,大农场
参考例句:
  • His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
  • The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。
14 platitude NAwyY     
n.老生常谈,陈词滥调
参考例句:
  • The talk is no more than a platitude. 这番话无非是老生常谈。
  • His speech is full of platitude. 他的讲话充满了陈词滥调。
15 plausible hBCyy     
adj.似真实的,似乎有理的,似乎可信的
参考例句:
  • His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
  • Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
16 plethora 02czH     
n.过量,过剩
参考例句:
  • Java comes with a plethora of ready-made types.Java配套提供了数量众多的现成类型。
  • A plethora of new operators will be allowed to enter the market.大批新的运营商将获准进入该市场。
17 pliable ZBCyx     
adj.易受影响的;易弯的;柔顺的,易驾驭的
参考例句:
  • Willow twigs are pliable.柳条很软。
  • The finely twined baskets are made with young,pliable spruce roots.这些编织精美的篮子是用柔韧的云杉嫩树根编成的。
18 pliant yO4xg     
adj.顺从的;可弯曲的
参考例句:
  • She's proud and stubborn,you know,under that pliant exterior.你要知道,在温顺的外表下,她既自傲又固执。
  • They weave a basket out of osiers with pliant young willows.他们用易弯的柳枝编制篮子。
19 plight 820zI     
n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
参考例句:
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
20 plodding 5lMz16     
a.proceeding in a slow or dull way
参考例句:
  • They're still plodding along with their investigation. 他们仍然在不厌其烦地进行调查。
  • He is plodding on with negotiations. 他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
21 plumb Y2szL     
adv.精确地,完全地;v.了解意义,测水深
参考例句:
  • No one could plumb the mystery.没人能看破这秘密。
  • It was unprofitable to plumb that sort of thing.这种事弄个水落石出没有什么好处。
22 plummet s2izN     
vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌;n.铅坠;重压物
参考例句:
  • Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来,蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
  • Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌,其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。
23 plutocracy wOyxb     
n.富豪统治
参考例句:
  • Financial,not moral,considerations will prevail in a plutocracy.在富豪当政的国家里,人们见利忘义。
  • The most prolific of the debunkers of the plutocracy was Gustavus Myers.揭发富豪统治集团的作家中,最多产的是古斯塔夫斯·迈尔斯。
24 polemic ZBWyr     
n.争论,论战
参考例句:
  • He launched into a fierce polemic against the government's policies.他猛烈地抨击政府的政策。
  • He wrote a splendid polemic in my favour.他写了一篇出色的文章为我辩护。
25 politic L23zX     
adj.有智虑的;精明的;v.从政
参考例句:
  • He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage.他很聪明,不会与这么重要的人争吵。
  • The politic man tried not to offend people.那个精明的人尽量不得罪人。
26 pompous 416zv     
adj.傲慢的,自大的;夸大的;豪华的
参考例句:
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.他有点自大,自视甚高。
  • He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance. 他的外表虽傲慢,其实是个好人。
27 ponderous pOCxR     
adj.沉重的,笨重的,(文章)冗长的
参考例句:
  • His steps were heavy and ponderous.他的步伐沉重缓慢。
  • It was easy to underestimate him because of his occasionally ponderous manner.由于他偶尔现出的沉闷的姿态,很容易使人小看了他。
28 porcelain USvz9     
n.瓷;adj.瓷的,瓷制的
参考例句:
  • These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
  • The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
29 porous 91szq     
adj.可渗透的,多孔的
参考例句:
  • He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
  • The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。
30 portentous Wiey5     
adj.不祥的,可怕的,装腔作势的
参考例句:
  • The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生。
  • There was nothing portentous or solemn about him.He was bubbling with humour.他一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃,浑身散发着幽默。
31 portfolio 9OzxZ     
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位
参考例句:
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
32 poseur yuayP     
n.装模作样的人
参考例句:
  • He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.他们责骂他是一个沾沾自喜、装腔作势的人。
  • I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
33 posit nPHxx     
v.假定,认为
参考例句:
  • If she needs salvation,she will posit a savior.如果她需要救助,她就会设想一个救助者。
  • Other historians posit that she died of old age around 550 BC.别的史学家则认为她一直活到公元前550年左右才寿终正寝。
34 postulate oiwy2     
n.假定,基本条件;vt.要求,假定
参考例句:
  • Let's postulate that she is a cook.我们假定她是一位厨师。
  • Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。
35 posture q1gzk     
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势
参考例句:
  • The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
  • He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣,摆出一副打架的架势。
36 potentate r1lzj     
n.统治者;君主
参考例句:
  • People rose up against the despotic rule of their potentate.人们起来反抗君主的专制统治。
  • I shall recline here like an oriental potentate.我要像个东方君主一样躺在这.
37 pout YP8xg     
v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴
参考例句:
  • She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人,故作不悦地撅着嘴。
  • He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。
38 prate hSaz7     
v.瞎扯,胡说
参考例句:
  • Listen to him prating on about nothing.听他瞎唠叨。
  • If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.母鸡不唠叨不下蛋。
39 precarious Lu5yV     
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
参考例句:
  • Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
  • He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
40 precedent sSlz6     
n.先例,前例;惯例;adj.在前的,在先的
参考例句:
  • Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗?
  • This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。
41 precipice NuNyW     
n.悬崖,危急的处境
参考例句:
  • The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。
  • A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.在这悬崖上稍一疏忽就会使人丧生。
42 precipitate 1Sfz6     
adj.突如其来的;vt.使突然发生;n.沉淀物
参考例句:
  • I don't think we should make precipitate decisions.我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。
  • The king was too precipitate in declaring war.国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。
43 preclude cBDy6     
vt.阻止,排除,防止;妨碍
参考例句:
  • We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.我们努力排除任何误解的可能性。
  • My present finances preclude the possibility of buying a car.按我目前的财务状况我是不可能买车的。
44 precursor rPOx1     
n.先驱者;前辈;前任;预兆;先兆
参考例句:
  • Error is often the precursor of what is correct.错误常常是正确的先导。
  • He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。
45 predecessor qP9x0     
n.前辈,前任
参考例句:
  • It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
  • The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
46 predilection 61Dz9     
n.偏好
参考例句:
  • He has a predilection for rich food.他偏好油腻的食物。
  • Charles has always had a predilection for red-haired women.查尔斯对红头发女人一直有偏爱。
47 preeminent VPFxG     
adj.卓越的,杰出的
参考例句:
  • Washington was recognized as the preeminent spokesman of American Negroes by 1895. 到1895年,华盛顿被公认为美国黑人的卓越代言人。
  • He is preeminent because his articles are well written. 他的文章写得很漂亮,卓尔不群。
48 preempt bP8xH     
v.先发制人;先取
参考例句:
  • We arrived early at the theatre so as to preempt the front seats.我们早早来到剧院,以便捷足先登占到前排座位。
  • He pre-empted any decision to sack him.他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
49 preen 51Kz7     
v.(人)打扮修饰
参考例句:
  • 50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom.50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。
  • Bill preened his beard.比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。
50 preposterous e1Tz2     
adj.荒谬的,可笑的
参考例句:
  • The whole idea was preposterous.整个想法都荒唐透顶。
  • It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。
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