5231.plantation(名)大農場；人造林
Tom's health broke down from overwork on the cotton plantation.
湯姆的身體因在棉花種植園里勞累過度而垮了下來。

5232.platform(名)月臺；講臺
He spoke to us from a platform in the school hall.
他站在學校禮堂的演講臺上為我們演講。

5233.Plato(名)柏拉圖
古希臘哲學家
Plato's Academy continued for several hundred years after Plato died.
在柏拉圖死后，柏拉圖學校延續了幾百年。

5234.pleasant(形)令人愉快的
It's a pleasant surprise!
這是一樁令人又驚又喜的事！

5235.plentiful(形)豐富的
同義詞ample
Food became more and more plentiful each day.
食物曰益豐富了。

5236.plenty(名)豐富，大量
We had plenty of food and drink.
我們的食物和飲料十分充足。

5237.plot(名)陰謀；小說、戲劇情節
The book is well organized in terms of plot.
這本書的故事布局十分嚴謹。

5238.plow(名)犁
英plough
He hitched the ox to the plow．
他把牛套上了犁。

5239.plug(名)插頭；塞子
Pull the plug before you try to fix the vacuum.
修理吸塵器前，先拔掉電源。

5240.plum(名)梅子
She steamed the plum-pudding．
她把梅子布丁蒸了一下。

5241.plumber(名)水管工人
The plumbers pushed the departments to investigate with interviews and polygraph tests．
堵漏人員催促各部門通過采訪和測謊器測驗來進行督察。

5242.plume(名)羽毛
The red plume on the horse's head was nodding to the thythm of its steps．
馬頭上的紅色羽飾隨著馬步的節律抖動著。

5243.plump(形)豐滿的
同義詞chubhy
She is short and plump.
她的身材矮而豐滿。

5244.plunder(動)搶劫
The troops crassed the country, plundering and looting as they went.
部隊經過鄉村，一路搶劫擄掠。

5245.plural(名)復數
The verb should be in the plural.
這個動詞應該用復數形式。

5246.poem(名)詩
He wrote a poem abaut war.
他寫了一首關于戰爭的詩。

5247.poet(名)詩人
Poet is born,not made．
詩人是天生的，不是后天造就的。

5248.poetic(形)詩的
There is a poetic quality to her playing．
她的演奏富有詩意。

5249.poetry(名)詩歌、韻文
Richard doesn't think he could ever take to what is called "freestyle" poetry.
理查認為他永遠都不會喜歡所謂“自由體”的詩歌。

5250.Poland(名)波蘭
P需大寫
The balloon descended in Poland.
汽球落于波蘭境內。

5251.pole(名)棒、桿子；（意見的）極端
Their opinions were at opposite poles of the debate．
他們的意見在辯論中截然相反。

5252.policy(名)政策；保單
Honesty is the best policy.
誠實是最好的方針。

5253.polish(動)擦亮
Polish your shoes with a brush．
去用刷子把你的鞋刷一刷。

5254.Polish(形)波蘭的、波蘭人、波蘭語
P需大寫
Da you speak Polish?
你會說波蘭話嗎？

5255.polite(形)有禮貌的
同義詞courteous
We were all too polite to object.
我們都太客氣了，沒有反對。

5256.political(形)政治的、政府的
He was a political prisoner.
他曾是個政治犯。

5257.politician(名)政治家
That politician is always trimming.
那個政客老是采取觀望的態度。

5258.politics(名)政治、政治活動
He's thinking of going into politics．
他打算步入政壇。

5259.poll(名)民意調查；投票
The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.
投票結果要到半夜才能知道。

5260.pollutant(名)污染物
Although ground-level ozone is considered a hanmful pollutant, the ozone layer in the strat-osphere is beneficial.
盡管地表的臭氧被看成是有害的污染物，但平流層里的臭氧層卻是有益的。

5261.ponder(動)沉思、深思
同義詞consider
I pondered over the incident, asking myseef again and again how it could have happened.
我反復思考那件事，一再自問究竟是怎么回事。

5262.pop(形)流行的
It is believed that today's pop music serves as a creative force by stimulating the thinking of its listeners．
人們相信現今的流行音樂可以激發聽眾的思維而成為一種創造力。

5263.popcorn(名)爆米花
不可數
I love to eat popcorn at the movies.
我特別喜歡邊看電影邊吃爆米花。

5264.Pope(名)教皇
P需大寫
The election of a new Pope is coming.
新教皇的選舉即將到來。