prowess
【考法 1】 n. 英勇,勇敢: superior strength, courage, or daring, especially in battle
【例】 his prowess on the football field 他在球场上过人的勇气
【近】 bravery, courageousness, daring, gallantry, guts, intrepidity
【反】 timid, cowardice, cravenness, dastardliness, poltroonery, spinelessness 胆怯
prowl
【考法 1】 vt. 潜行,巡游以猎取食物: to roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder
【例】 I prowled the shop looking for sales. 我在商店里转悠,寻找打折商品。
prude
【考法 1】 n. 过分正经的人:一个过分关心自己是否是或显得得体、谦逊或正确的人: a person who is greatly
concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters
【例】 the racy sitcom frequently satirizes exactly the sort of prude who would like to see the show taken off the air
【近】 bluenose, moralist, puritan
【反】 immoralist 不道德的人
prudish
【考法 1】 adj. 过分守礼的: marked by prudery
【例】 By the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous. 根据19世纪的保守标准,任何对裸露的刻画描述都是下流无耻的。
【近】 nice-nelly, prim, puritanical
prudent
【考法 1】 adj. 明智的: marked by wisdom or judiciousness; wise
【例】 prudent advice 明智的建议
【近】 advisable, desirable, judicious, politic, tactical, intelligent
【反】 fool 傻的
【考法 2】 adj. 小心谨慎的,审慎的: marked by circumspection
prune
【考法 1】 n. 梅干: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
【考法 2】 vt. 修剪: to cut off or remove dead or living parts or branches of (a plant, for example) to improve shape or growth
【例】 The students were asked to prune their essays. 学生们被要求修改文章。
【近】 shave, shear, snip, trim
pry
【考法 1】 v. 刺探: to look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently
【例】 don't go prying into other people's business 别去打探别人的事
【近】 interlope, intermeddle, intrude, nose, obtrude, snoop
pseudonym
【考法 1】 n. 假名,笔名: a fictitious name
【例】 Mark Twain is the pseudonym of the American writer Samuel L. Clemens. 马克·吐温是美国作家塞缪尔·L·克莱蒙斯的笔名。
【近】 alias, nom de guerre
psychology
【考法 1】 n. 心理学: the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
【例】 She studied psychology in college. 她大学专业是心理学。
【考法 2】 n. 心理战术: subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another
【例】 He used poor psychology on his employer when trying to make the point. 他表达观点时,对老板用了拙劣的心理战术。
pucker
【考法 1】 vi. 撅(嘴),使收缩: to become gathered, contracted, and wrinkled
【例】 pucker my lips 撅起嘴
adj. 适当的;有礼的;好看的 adv. 适合地;得体