英语专八核心词汇学习:S开头的单词9
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普通词汇
1.prolong:v. 延长,拖延
例如:Two countries prolonged signing an agreement until details could be agreed on.(两国推迟签约直到就细节达成协议。)
2.prone:a. 1. 易于…的,有…倾向的 2. 俯卧的
例如:The police found him in a prone position with a knife in his back.(警方发现他俯卧着, 背上有一把刀。)
3.proximity:n. 接近,邻近
4.prune:n. 梅干 v. 修剪,删除
例如:The workers have pruned all the dead branches.(工人们已经剪去了所有的枯枝。)
5.pseudo:a. 假的,冒充的
例如:Her care for the poor is completely pseudo.(她对穷人的关心完全是假的。)
6.puberty:n. 青春期
7.pulse:n. 1. 脉搏,脉冲 2. 节奏,拍子
8.puncture:n. & v. 刺,戳,穿孔
例如:Some glass on the road punctured my new tyre.(路上的玻璃刺破了我的新轮胎。)
9.pungent:n. (气味等)浓烈的
10.punitive:a. 1. 惩罚的,刑罚的 2.严厉的
例如:They took punitive measures against the whole gang.(他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。)