Vocabulary - P(p)

• pesky:(a)惱人的。

〉〉 I've been trying to get rid of this pesky guy for weeks. (我已試圖擺脫這個惱人的傢伙好幾週了。)

• pronounced:(a)顯著的、明顯的、決斷的。

〉〉 The taste of raw garlic is very pronounced. (生大蒜的味道非常明顯。)

• plot:(n)陰謀、秘密計畫；作(v)指密謀、策劃、測定(位置)。

〉〉 We are plotting to rob the bank. (我們正密謀搶銀行。)

• pay off:(phar.)得到好結果、成功、奏效。

〉〉 The effort pay off in the long run. (這種努力最終會得到好結果。)

• premature:(a)過早的，不成熟的。

〉〉 She was a bit too premature in giving up this job. (她似乎有點太早放棄這份工作。)

• prone:(a)有...傾向、易於...的，亦可指面向下、傾斜的。

〉〉 Amy was prone to emotional outbursts under stress. (愛咪在壓力下容易情緒爆發。)

• pole vault: 撐竿跳。
• precaution:(n)指預防，防備，警惕。

〉〉 We have to take precautions against fire. (我們須採取防火措施。)

• pay over the odds for:(v.phr.)為某物付出超過其真正所值的價錢。

〉〉 I won't pay over the odds for this car. (我不會為這輛車付出超過其應有價值的錢。)

• prohibitively:(ad)(費用)讓人望之卻步地。

〉〉 Property in the area tends to be prohibitively expensive. (這個地區的房價，越來越讓人望之卻步。)

• plunge:(a)使陷入。

〉〉 A series of bad management decisions are responsible for the company's plunge into debt. (一連串糟糕的經營決策，是造成這家公司陷入負債的原因。)

• pass sth down:(phr.)把...傳給後人，把...往下傳。

〉〉 He's engaged in family trade, passed down from generation to generation. (他是做家族事業，一代一代傳下來的。)

• pen:(v)撰寫。

〉〉 She penned a note of thanks to her hostness. (她寫了一封感謝函給女主人。)

• parade:(n) 遊行。

〉〉 After the team won the championship, the city had a parade for them. (在那支球隊贏得冠軍，這座城市為他們舉辦遊行。)

• prompt:(v.)促使、激起。

〉〉 Her curiosity prompted her to ask questions. (她的好奇心驅使她發問。)

• play on/upon (something): (phr.)以不正當手段使他人做某事，利用。

〉〉 Politicians often win votes by playing on people's emotions. (政客經常藉由玩弄民眾的感情贏得選票。)

• possession:(n)指擁有、佔有、所有物、財產、領地、鬼魂附體。

〉〉 Our enemy took possession of the land. (我們的敵人佔據了那塊土地。)

• pronounced:(a)顯著的、明顯的。

〉〉 I'm told I have a very pronounced English accent when I speak French. (有人告訴我，我說法文時英國口音非常明顯。)

• perception:(n)感覺、感知、洞察力。

〉〉 She has extraordinary power of perception for one so young. (她這麼年輕就有超凡的洞察力。)

• prevent from doing: (慣用語)避免做某事。

〉〉 How can I prevent myself from being tagging in Facebook photos? (我該怎麼做才能讓自己不被標註再臉書照片上?)

• pacify: (v)安撫，和解，平息。

〉〉　Government forces have pacified the riots. (政府軍弭平暴動。)

• pull together: (慣用語)通力合作，同心協力。
• pull off:(phr. v.)指脫下、拔掉、成功完成、贏得。

〉〉 She tried her best to pull of the competition. (她卯足全力贏得該場比賽。)

• plead guilty:(phr. v.)指招認、認罪。

〉〉 She pleaded guilty to the charge brought against her. (她承認所有加諸於她的指控罪名。)

• put up:(phr.)建造、搭建、建設。

〉〉 put up a fingerpost (豎立路標)。

• persecution:(n)迫害、困擾。

〉〉 He speaks up against America's persecution of suspected communists. (他為美國迫害疑似共產主義者發聲。)

• predictable:(a)可預期的、意料中的、老套的。

〉〉 The ending to the film was just so predictable. (這部電影的結局真老套。)

• plausible:(a)可信的；(n)plausibility, 可信的。

〉〉 In chapter 2 she goes on to test the plausibility of these assumptions. (這第二章裡，她繼續檢驗這些假說的可信度。)

• put forward:(慣用語)提出，推薦。

〉〉 She put several suggestions forward in the meeting. (她在會議上提出幾項建議。)

• probation:(n)緩刑。

〉〉 She was arrested while on probation. (她在緩刑期間遭到逮捕。)

• plummet:(v)直線下降。

〉〉 Temperature are expected to plummet this weekend. (這週末的氣溫預估會直線下降。)

• presto:突然的、立即的。

〉〉 I put my hand into the hat and presto！ Out comes a rabbit! (我將手放進帽子，瞬間跑出一隻兔子。)

• -phobic:恐懼...的、憎惡...的。

〉〉 Islamophobic (伊斯蘭恐懼症、反伊斯蘭的。)

• pop the question:(俚語)(v)求婚。

〉〉 Did he pop the question last night? (他昨晚求婚了嗎？)

• pull in somebody/something or pull somebody/something in:(慣用語)吸引大量人或事。

〉〉 The play has been pulling the crowd in since it opened. (這齣劇自開演起就吸引許多人觀賞。)

• prop up:(v)支撐，扶持，提振。

〉〉 Beijing unveiled dramatic steps to prop up its stock market. (中國政府公佈提振期股市的重大措施。)

• point at someone or something:(慣用語)指著某人或某物。

〉〉 The gun pointed directly at her. She was frightened. (她被槍指著，嚇壞了。)

• pull off:(成功或艱苦地)完成、做成、贏得。

〉〉 She pulled off a million-pound deal. (她好不容易做成一筆百萬英鎊的生意。)

• punctuate:(v)指加標點符號、不時打斷、加強、強調。

〉〉 The student started tp learn to punctuate correctly. (學生開始學習正確地使用標點符號。)

• piece together: 拼合、組合。

〉〉 She tried hard to piece together all the facts. (她努力將所有的事實拼湊起來。)

• proliferation:(n)激增。

〉〉 Small businesses have proliferation in the last ten years. (小企業在過去10年間大量湧現。)

• prone:(a)易於...的、有...傾向的。

〉〉 Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. (日本是全世界最常發生地震的國家之一。)

• preferably:(ad)可能的話、更好的是。

〉〉 Water the plants twice a week, preferably in the morning. (一週幫這些植物澆2次水，最好早上澆。)

• plaster:(n)石膏，灰泥。

〉〉 plaster walls(石灰泥牆)

• prematurely:(ad)過早地，倉卒地。

〉〉 Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren't yet known. (結果尚未分曉，他們似乎過早批評了。)

• prevalence:(n)盛行率、普遍率

〉〉 The prevalence of smoking amongst teenagers. (抽菸在青少年族群風行的程度。)

• profanity:(n)褻瀆、不敬之語。

〉〉 I have never heard my father use a single profanity. (我從沒聽過我父親講髒話。)

• press a case:(vp)指不斷設法使他人接受要求。

〉〉 I would rather not press the case. (我傾向不再追究此事。)

• press-up:(n)伏地挺身。

〉〉 one-arm ppress-up. (單手伏地挺身。)

• pay off:(v.p.)指清償完畢、付完工資後解雇、取得成功、有利可圖。

〉〉 It paied off. (搞定了。)
〉〉 He needs to pay off all his debts. (他需要還清他所有的債務。)

• prevention:(n)預防。

〉〉 The organization is committed to AIDS prevention and education. (該組織致力於愛滋病防治與教育。)

• pageant: (n)指壯觀場面、花車遊行、盛宴慶典、露天歷史劇。

〉〉 Disneyland presents their spectacular festival pageant: The Mainstreet Electrical Parade. (迪士尼樂園定期地呈現它們的華麗喜慶盛宴：電子花車大遊行。)

• petition: (n/v)請求、請願。

〉〉 They collected 10,000 signatures on a petition to amend the referendum act. (他們在請願書蒐集了1萬個簽名以修正公投法。)

• poverty line: (n)貧窮線。

〉〉There are 32 million people live below the poverty line in Indonisia. (印尼有3200萬人生活在貧窮線之下。)

• pose:(v)造成、引起。

〉〉The protest movement poses a direct threat to their interests. (抗議運動對他們的利益構成直接威脅。)

• popularity: (n)受歡迎。

〉〉The increasing popularity of organic food. (有機食品越來越受歡迎。)

• pitch in: (ph.)共襄盛舉一同伸援協助。

〉〉We must all pitch in and do our part. (我門必須伸援幫忙，盡自己的一份力。)

• push (up) against someone or something: (ph.) 對某人或某物施加壓力。

〉〉The small cat pushed up against my foot, meowing for food. (那隻小貓挨著我的腳磨蹭，喵喵叫著乞食。)

• pull over: (VP)指拉過來、靠路邊停車、靠岸。

The cop ordered him to pull over. (那警察命令他路邊停車。)

• pick up on(something)：(VP)指注意到或留意到某事。

〉〉He didn't pick up on the hint. (他沒有注意到這個暗示。)

• percent(n)百分比[數字+percent]；(a)百分之...的
• phenomenon(n)現象；稀有的事，奇蹟；非凡的人，傑出的人才；
• pilot(n)(船舶的)領航員，舵手；(飛機等的)駕駛員，飛行員；嚮導，領導人；【美】(機車等的)排障器；【機】【電】導向器，指示燈；(廣播或電視的)試播節目；(a)引導的，導向的；(小規模)試驗性的，試點的；(vt)給(船等)領航[(+on/in/over)]；駕駛(飛機等)；帶領，引導，使順利通過；
• preferred(a)更好的；被喜好的；優先的
• previous(a)先的，前的，以前的；過早的，過急的；(ad)在前，在先，在以前；
• purpose(n)目的，意圖；用途，效用，效果；意志，決心；(討論中的)議題；(vt)[書]意圖;決意;打算；