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大学英语单词表

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peso [ 'peisəu ] n. 比索
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pessimism [ 'pesimizm ] n. 悲观,悲观主义
e.g. 1. Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
悲观主义者，当你习惯它之后，就和乐观主义者一样令人惬意了。
2. He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.
尽管遇到困难他从没有消极悲观过。

pessimist [ 'pesimist ] n. 悲观主义者
e.g. 1. Pessimist tells us that the family as we know it is doom.
悲观主义者告诉我们说，我们现在的这种家庭注定要崩溃。
2. The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; the man who is an optimist after forty-eight knows too little.
未逾四十八岁的悲观主义者，是知道得太多之人；而年逾四十八岁的乐观主义者，是知道得太少之人。

pessimistic [ ˌpesi'mistik ] a. 悲观的
e.g. 1. She tried to shut all pessimistic thoughts out of her mind.
她努力从头脑中排除一切悲观的想法。
2. I have to say I'm rather pessimistic.
我得说我相当悲观。

pest [ pest ] n. 害虫
e.g. 1. Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests.
储存的谷物经常受到害虫的破坏。
2. That child is an absolute pest!
那孩子讨厌极了！

pester [ 'pestə ] v. 使烦恼,使苦恼
e.g. 1. He pestered her with requests for help.
他缠著她要她帮忙.
2. The horses in the meadow were being pestered by flies.
牧场上的马不断受马蝇滋扰.

pesticide [ 'pestisaid ] n. 杀虫剂
e.g. 1. The seeds and the pesticide are both ready.
种子跟农药都准备好了。
2. A biotechnology company is developing a range of new pesticide based on naturally occur toxin.
一家生物工艺开发公司正在根据自然滋生毒素的原理研制新型农药系列产品。

pestilence [ 'pestiləns ] n. 瘟疫
e.g. 1. A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那个地方流行。
2. Help has been too little and too late or too far from where it was most needed. The flood-gates of famine and pestilence are already open.
援助是那么少，那么晚，要不就是离急需的地区那么远。这么一来饥荒和瘟疫就已经泛滥成灾了。

pestilent [ 'pestilənt ] a. 致死的,有害的
e.g.

pestilential [ ˌpesti'lenʃəl ] a. 引起瘟疫的
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pestle [ 'pestl ] n. 杵,乳钵槌
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pet [ pet ] a. 宠爱的
n. 宠物
vt. 抚摸,轻抚
e.g. 1. She is the teacher's pet.
她是老师的宠儿。
2. She keeps a cat as a pet.
她养了一只供玩赏的猫。

petal [ 'petl ] n. 花瓣
e.g. 1. There are numerous petals under the tree.
树下有数不清的花瓣。
2. A petal fluttered to the ground.
一片花瓣飘落到地上。

Pete [ pi:t ] n. 皮特(Peter 的昵称)(m.)
n. <美俚>保险箱,银箱
e.g. 1. My heart bleeds for poor old Mike. First he lost his job, and now his wife has gone off with his best friend Pete.
我真为可怜的老迈克遗憾。他先是失业，现在他的妻子又与他最好的朋友彼得私奔了。
2. Pete would have preferred to be on good terms with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.
彼得何尝不想跟妻子和母亲都和睦相处呢，可是他试图讨得一方欢心而不致触怒另一方的努力就像在拉岩石礁和卡律布狄斯大旋涡之间行舟一样，真是左也不得，右也不行。

Peter [ 'pi:tə ] 彼得(人名)
v.慢慢消失，耗尽
e.g. 1. His interest in learning Japanese has petered out.
他学习日语的兴趣逐渐消失了。
2. The road became narrower and rougher and eventually petered out.
这条路越来越窄，越来越难走，最后终于消失了。

petition [ pi'tiʃən ] n. 请愿,祈求,请愿书
v. 请愿,祈求
vt. 向...请愿
e.g. 1. She filed a petition for divorce.
她提出了离婚申请。
2. She petitioned her neighbor to turn down the radio.
她请求邻居把收音机关小点声。

petitioner [ pi'tiʃənə(r) ] n. 请愿人
e.g. 1. The petitioner ask for a variation in her maintenance order.
上诉人要求对她生活费的命令的条件进行变更。

petrifaction [ ˌpetri'fækʃən ] n. 石化,目瞪口呆
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petrify [ 'petriˌfai ] vt. 硬化(使...石质化,使...发呆)
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petrochemical [ ˌpetrəu'kemikəl ] a. 石油化学制品的
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