第五十五天
pork
n. 猪肉
port
n. 港口
portable
adj. 轻便的;手提式的,便携的
[同]carriageable
porter
n. 搬运工人;看门人
portion
n. 一部分,一份
[同]share
portrait
n. 肖像,画像;(生动的)描绘
[同]description
positive
adj. 明确的
[同]definite
adj. 积极的,肯定的
possess
vt. 拥有,占有(财产等)
possess landed property 拥有地产
vt. 具有(品质、才能等)
possess good qualities 具有优良的品质
[难点]
be possessed of 有,拥有
be possessed 发疯,着魔
possession
n.(复数)所有物,占有物
[同]belonging
n. 所有,拥有
[同]ownership
[难点]
come into possession of… 获得…
in possession of 拥有,占有
in the possession of 在…手中
get possession of… 拿到…,占有…
possibility
n. 可能,可能性
[同]position
n. 杆,柱
vt. 贴出
Post no bills. 不许张贴。
vt. 公告,告示
postage
n. 邮费,邮资
postman
n. 邮递员
postpone
vt. 推迟,使延期
The students will postpone the outing until next week when they won’t be so busy.
学生们打算将郊游推迟到下周他们不那么忙的时候。
[同]put off
[难点]
postpone doing sth. 推迟做某事
potential
adj. 潜在的,可能的
n. 潜力,潜能
pound
v. 猛击,敲打
Who is pounding on the piano ? 谁在乱弹钢琴?
v. 捣碎
The big waves pounded the wrecked ship to pieces. 巨浪将失事船只击碎。
poverty
n. 贫穷,贫困
live in poverty 过着贫苦的生活
powder
n. 粉末,药粉;火药,炸药
practically
adv. 实际上
[同]virtually
adv. 几乎,简直
pray
v. 祈祷
He prayed God for help. 他祈祷上帝帮助。
v. 恳求
I pray you to think again. 我恳求你再想一想。
[难点]
pray for 为…祈祷
pray sb. to do sth. 恳求某人做某事
precaution
n. 预防,警惕
[同]caution
[难点]
take precautions against sth. 预防某事
preceding
adj. 在前的,前面的
[同]previous
precious
adj. 宝贵的,珍贵的
[同]invaluable
precise
adj. 精确的,准确的
[同]accurate
precision
n. 精确
[同]accuracy
n. 精密,精度
predict
v. 预测,预言,预告
The weather bureau predicts rain for tomorrow. 气象局预测明天下雨。
[同]foretell
preface
n. 序言,前言,引语
[同]foreword
prefer
vt. 宁愿,宁可,更喜欢
I should prefer you not to stay there long. 我倒希望你不要在那儿呆得太久。
[难点]
prefer to do sth. 宁愿做某事
prefer doing to doing 喜欢做…胜过做…
prefer sb. to do 宁愿某人做….
prefer to do … rather than do … 宁愿…也不….
preferable
adj. 更可取的,更好的
[难点]
be preferable to 比…更好
preference
n. 偏爱,优先选择;偏爱物;优先权,优惠
[难点]
have / show a preference for 偏爱…
in preference to 而不要…,优先于…