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patrician

贵族,名门望族:high birth;贵族的,地位高的:high birth
patriot
爱国者:loves country
patronize
赞助:provide aid;以高人一等的态度对待:treat haughtily
paucity
少量,缺乏:dearth
paunchy
大腹便便的,大肚子的:potbelly
peck
大量:considerable amount;(不情愿地)小口咬:in small bites
pedagogue
教育者,老师:give formal instruction
pedant
书呆子,墨守成规之人:formal rules
predestine
预先注定:in advance
pedestrian
行人:traveling on foot;平庸无奇的,令人厌倦的:causing weariness
peep
一瞥:brief look;轻声:slight sound
peer
同等地位的人,同辈:equal;好奇地凝视:look
peeve
打扰,惹恼:disturb
pejorative
轻蔑的,贬低的:disparaging
pellucid
透明的:admitting light;清晰明确的,易懂的:clear
pen
监狱:confinement;关押,监禁:close
penalty
(对罪行的)处罚:punishment
penchant
嗜好,迷恋:strong inclination
penitent
悔过的:regretful
pensive
沉思的,(尤指)哀思的:thinking
penury
贫穷:dearth;吝啬,节俭:frugality
perambulate
徒步穿越,走过:travel over
perceptible
可察觉的:being perceived
peremptory
不容反抗的:not allowing contradiction;爱发号施令的:ordering people;傲慢的:feeling of superiority
perfervid
非常热情的:exaggerated emotion
perfidy
不忠,背信弃义:disloyalty
perforate
打孔,穿透:make a hole
perfunctory
例行公事的,敷衍的:superficially;不感兴趣的:lacking in interest
perimeter
边界,界限:outer limit
periodical 
期刊:publication;周期性的,有固定间隔的:regular intervals
peripatetic
巡游的,四处游历的:place to place
peripheral
外围的:boundary or periphery;辅助性的:supply
perish
死亡,消亡:cease to exist
permanent
永恒的:continuing or enduring, forever
permeable
可渗透的:penetrated
pernicious
有害的:injurious
peroration
(演讲的)结束语:concluding part;(正式的)演讲,致辞:formal discourse
perpetual
永恒的,不断的:continuing forever
persecute
迫害,折磨:cause suffering
persevere
坚持不懈,不屈不挠:persist
persiflage
打趣:teasing
persistence
坚持,持续:lasting existence
personable
风度翩翩的,吸引人的:attractive
perspicacious
极敏锐的,有洞察力的:penetrating mental discernment
perspicuity
清晰明了的:clearness and lucidity
pertain
有关联的:have a relation
pertinacious
顽固的,固执地坚持的:sticking
pertinent
相关的,恰当的:relevance
perturb
使扰乱,使烦躁不安:trouble the mind
peruse
细读:examine with great care
pervade
弥漫,充满:throughout
pessimistic
悲观的:take the gloomiest possible view
petition
请愿,正式的申请,申请书:supplication or request;(尤指正式地)请求:,make a request
petrify
使僵化,使失去活力:become stiff
petty
细微的,不重要的:small importance
phenomenal
不寻常的,非凡的:out of the ordinary
philanthropic
博爱的,为他人着想的:welfare of others
philistine
市侩(注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人):guided by materialism
phlegmatic
冷静的,无感情的,淡漠的:calm, sluggish temperament
piddling
微不足道的:trifling or trivial
piebald
杂色的:different colors;混合的,杂糅而成的:different sorts
pigment
颜料:color;给…上颜色:color
pilfer
偷窃:steal
pillar
柱子:support;(物质、精神等方面的)支柱:support
pillory
当众嘲弄:public contempt
pilot
领航员,飞行员:steer a ship;初步性的,试验性的:tentative model;带领通过:lead
pine
渴望,奢望:yearn;因渴望而憔悴:lose vigor
pinnacle
顶峰:highest point
pinpoint
非常精确的:extreme precision;精确定位或确认:identify with precision
piquant
辛辣开胃的:pungent taste;令人振奋的:provocative
pique
使愤怒:arouse anger;激起,刺激:excite or arouse
pirate
盗版,盗用:without actual right;海岛:robber seas
pithy
精练的,简洁的:brief
pitiless
没有同情心的:devoid of pity
pittance
少量津贴:small portion
placate
(通过让步以)平息抚慰:lessen the anger
placebo
安慰性的事物:used to appease or reassure
plagiarize
剽窃,抄袭:steal ideas
plangent
轰鸣的:loud sound;凄凉的,哀伤的:plaintive
plastic
可塑的:modified;虚假的,做作的:lacking in natural
plateau
高原:raised above;稳定时期,平台期:stable level
platitude
陈词滥调:banal statement;缺乏原创性:lack of originality
plausible
看似有理的:superficially reasonable
pleat
打褶:fold
plentitude
大量:ample amount
plethora
过量,过剩:excess
pliable
易弯曲的,柔软的:supple;易受影响的,温顺的:easily influenced
pliant
易弯曲的:easily bent;顺从的:yielding
plight
困境:unfortunate
plod
沉重缓慢地走:walk heavily
pluck
敢于面对困难的勇气:courage;弹奏(弦乐):strings pulling releasing
plumb
测深度:measure the depth;垂直的:vertical;仔细深入地检查;探索,探究:examine deeply
plummet
突然下降:decline suddenly
plump
丰满的:well-around;鼎力支持,赞不绝口:give full support
plunge
突然下降:descend suddenly;插入,刺入:penetrate
polarize
使分开对立,使两极分化:break into opposing
polemic
争执:argument
polished
有教养的:high degree of refinement;擦亮的:shiny
politic
精明能干的:shrewdness;合时宜的,明智的:suitable
pompous

浮夸的:ornate;傲慢的:self-importance