1.preserve v.保持，維持(to protect, maintain)；野生動物保護(hù)區(qū)(an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural animals)

聯(lián)想記憶：pre(前)+serve(服務(wù))——提前提供服務(wù)——維持

例：The local residents determined to preserve their religion and way of life.//A wildlife preserve is being planned for 3,000 rhinoceroses(犀牛).

派生詞：preservative(n．防腐劑)

2.preside v.(over)擔(dān)任主席，主持（會議等）(to act as chairman at a conference, meeting, etc.)

聯(lián)想記憶：pre(前)+side(坐)——坐在前面——擔(dān)任主席

例：The council president presided over the meeting.

派生詞：presidential(a.總統(tǒng)的)

3.pressboard n.壓制板(a strong highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber)

分拆記憶：press(壓)+board(板)——壓出的板——壓制板

4.prestige n.威信，聲望(fame)

聯(lián)想記憶：pres(看作president總統(tǒng))+tige(看作tiger老虎)——總統(tǒng)和老虎兩者都是有威信、威望的——威信，威望

例：Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.

派生詞：prestigious(a．有威信的，有影響力的)

5.prestigious n.有名望的,有威信的(having prestige; honored)

詞根記憶：來自prestige(n．威信；魅力)

例：Kitchen is one of the most prestigious cooking-related magazines.

6.presume v.假定，推測（to assume）

例：The underlying economic forces of industrialism were presumed to be gender-blind.

派生詞：presumably( ad.據(jù)推測，大概)

7.presuppose v.以……為先決條件（to require as a condition）

詞根記憶：pre(預(yù)先)+suppose(假定)——預(yù)先假定——以…為先決條件

例：Effective prevention presupposes early diagnosis.

派生詞：presupposition(n.預(yù)想：先決條件)

8.pretax a．（納）稅前的(before tax has been deducted)

詞根記憶：pre(前)+tax(稅)——稅前的

例：pretax income稅前收入

9.prevail v.戰(zhàn)勝；盛行(to predominate)

聯(lián)想記憶：pre(前)+vail(=val力量)——力量在別人之前——戰(zhàn)勝

例：This activism and the views underlying it came to prevail in the United States labor movement.

派生詞：prevailing(a．流行的；一般的)

同根詞：prevalence(n．流行；普遍)