7904.predetermine(動)預(yù)先決定
Do not predetermine before thinking.
在思考前，不要預(yù)作決定。

7905.predicament(名) 困境
A loan of money would help me out of my predicament.
只需一筆貸款就能幫我擺脫困境。

7906.pregnancy(名)懷孕
You are advised not to smoke during pregnancy.
懷孕期間你最好不要吸煙。

7907.pregnant(形)懷孕的
Mary was pregnant with her fifst child．
瑪莉懷了她的第一個孩子。

7908.preliminary(形)初步的(名)開端的
(形):We have included some of the preliminary findings.
我們的報告包括了一些初步調(diào)查結(jié)果。
(名):He spent a long time on polite preliminaries.
他花了許多時間在剛開始的禮貌客套上。

7909.premature(形)過早的(名)早產(chǎn)兒
(形):The meeting is too premature.
這會議太早進行了。
(名):The baby was four weeks premature.
這個孩子是提早四周生下來的。

7910.premier(名)首相
The premiers of the two countries met in Geneva yesterday.
兩國首相昨天在日內(nèi)瓦會晤。

7911.premise(名)前提
British justice works on the premise that an accused person is innocent untill he's proved guilty.
英國司法運作的前提是被告在被證明有罪之前都是清白的。

7912.premium(名)保險費
The annual premium on my policy is 300 dollars．
我的保險單每年的保險費是300美元。

7913.preoccupation(名)全神貫注、入神
后接介詞with
He always takes his preoccupation with the educational cause.
他總是一心想著教育事業(yè)。

7914.preoccupy(動)使全神貫注
You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday.
你昨天在公共汽車站上心不在焉，沒有注意到我。

7915.prescribe(動)開藥方
Can you prescribe something for my cough please, doctor?
醫(yī)生，請你紿我開一些咳嗽藥，可以嗎？

7916.prescription(名)處方
Some medicines are only available on prescription.
有些藥物只有憑醫(yī)生的處方才買得到。

7917.preservation(名)保存
The paintings were in an excellent state of preservation.
這些畫保存得非常好。

7918.preserve(動)保存(名)蜜餞
(動):I think these interesting old customs should be preserved．
我認為這些有趣的舊習(xí)俗應(yīng)該保存下去。
(名):Don't eat too much preserve．
別吃太多蜜餞。

7919.preside(動)主持
同義詞host
The hostess presided at table with tact and urbanity.
女主人招待客人進餐時風(fēng)雅而又得體。

7920.prestige(名)聲望
The old universities of Oxford and Cambridge still have a lot of prestige.
歷史悠久的牛津大學(xué)和劍橋大學(xué)仍然享有很高的聲望。

7921.presumably(副)或許
同義詞probably
Presumabiy the bad weather has delayed the flight.
大概是惡劣的天氣使飛機晚點了。

7922.presume(動)假定
We presume the shipment has been stolen.
我們假設(shè)裝運的貨物已被竊。

7923.presumption(名)推測
The article has too many false presumptions.
這篇文章中憑空臆測的東西太多。

7924.pretence(名)偽裝
You can't keep up the pretence any longer．
你不能再假裝下去了。

7925.prick(動)刺
She pricked herself with a needle.
她被針本刺了一下。

7926.privilege(名)殊榮
It was a privilege to work with Peter.
和彼得在一起工作是一項殊榮。

7927.privileged(形)有特權(quán)的
We are privileged tonight to have our distinguished guest Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs.
今晚我們非常榮幸，請到外交事務(wù)委員會主席作為我們的貴賓。

7928.procure(動)取得
同義詞artain
Can you procure the rare old book for me.
你能為我找到那本罕見的古書嗎？

7929.profess(動)聲稱
同義詞claim
He professed to know nothing about the matter.
他聲稱對此事一無所知。

7930.prominent(形)卓越的
Einstein was a prominent scientist.
愛因斯坦是一位卓越的科學(xué)家。

7931.propaganda (名)宣傳
Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda.
藝術(shù)可用做宣傳工具。

7932.property(名)財產(chǎn)
The police found some stolen property in the thief's house．
警察在小偷的家里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些被盜的財物。

7933.prophesy(動)預(yù)言
He prophesied that war would break out.
他預(yù)言說戰(zhàn)爭將要爆發(fā)。

7934.proprietor(名)所有者
I've written a complaint to the proprietor of the hotel．
我向旅館老板寫信投訴。

7935.prosecute(動)起訴
后接介詞for
He vowed that he would prosecute them for fraud.
他鄭重宣布將起訴他們犯有欺詐罪。

7936.prosecution(名)起訴
Failure to pay your taxes will make you liable to prosecution.
不繳納稅款就可能被起訴。