9258.perpetrator(名)做壞事者、犯罪者、行兇者
You mean you saw the perpetrator stealing the vehicle?
你的意思是你看到竊犯偷你的車了嗎？

9259.persuade(動(dòng))說服、勸服
同義詞covince
The salesman persuade us to buy his product.
那個(gè)推銷員說服了我們買他的產(chǎn)品。

9260.pesticide(名)殺蟲劑
不可數(shù)
The fertility of the soiI have greatly improved by the use of pesitcide．
土壤的肥沃度在使用殺蟲劑后大大地得到了改善。

9261.petrol(名)汽油
不可數(shù)
We'd better first fill the car up with petrol at the gas station.
我們最好先到加油站去加滿汽油。

9262.petty(形)小的；瑣事的；不重要的
同義詞trivial
My life is hedged about with petty regulations.
我的生活受到一些瑣碎的規(guī)則所限制。

9263.pharmacist(名)藥劑師；藥商
A pharmacist compounds drugs from prescribed ingredients．
藥劑師按規(guī)定的各種成分配制成藥品。

9264.pharmacy(名)藥房
With the doctor's prescription,I came to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
拿著醫(yī)生的處方，我到藥房取藥。

9265.phase(名)階段、時(shí)期
It was just a confused,transitional phase anyway.
它只不過是一個(gè)含糊不清的過渡階段而已。

9266.philanthropist(名)慈善家
He is the only philanthropist I can think of who gave away his fortune with absolutely no strings binding its use.
他是我唯一想到的慈善家，無條件地把自己的錢財(cái)送人。

9267.photosynthesis(名)光合作用
不可數(shù)
Men and animals depend on photosynthesis in plants to supply their food and enery．
人和動(dòng)物靠光合作用來獲得食物和能量。

9268.physician(名)醫(yī)師、內(nèi)科醫(yī)生
The physician fared well in practice.
那位醫(yī)生的事業(yè)蒸蒸日上。

9269.pill(名)藥丸、藥片
If you take the pill,you will feel better．
如果你服用了那些藥，你會(huì)好些。

9270.pitch(名)運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)地
The crowd ran onto the pitch．
群眾都跑到球場(chǎng)上去了。

9271.pitched(形)屋頂斜的、人字形的
The roof is too pitched．
屋頂過于傾斜。

9272.placid(形)平靜的；溫和的
同義詞smooth
He becomes engaged to a friend of Elizabeth's, the placid,unimaginative Charlotte Lucas．
他和伊麗莎白的朋友夏綠蒂盧卡斯訂了婚，她性情溫和但頭腦缺乏想象力。

9273.plagiarize(動(dòng))抄襲、剽竊
He has plagiarize most of the book from earlier studies of the period．
他那本書大部分的內(nèi)容都是從研究那時(shí)期的著作中抄襲的。

9274.plant(名)工廠
He works at a power plant．
他在發(fā)電廠工作。

9275.plausible(形)貌似真實(shí)的、貌似有理的
Such talk, however plausible is actually specious and groundless.
這些話，講起來好像有道理，實(shí)際上是毫無根據(jù)、似是而非的空談。

9276.plight(名)境況；困境、苦境
The poor girl was in a terrible plight.
那位可憐的女孩處境極其惡劣。

9277.plough(名)犁、除雪機(jī)
同義詞plow
Mr. Roberts has been working on a design for a lighter plough.
羅伯斯先生一直在設(shè)計(jì)一種比較輕的犁。

9278.pneumonia(名)肺炎
不可數(shù)
The sick boy had an unhealthy flush and must have contracted pneumonia.
生病的孩子臉上有一種不鍵康的紅暈，一定是感染了肺炎。

9279.pole(名)極地；竿、柱
He flew to Europe via the North pole．
他經(jīng)由北極飛到歐洲。

9280.ponder(動(dòng))仔細(xì)考慮、衡量
同義詞contemplate
He didn't ponder on things too long．
他對(duì)這些事情沒有過多考慮。

9281.population(名)某地區(qū)某類動(dòng)物的總數(shù)；人口
不可數(shù)
The elephant population in that area is falling.
那地區(qū)的大象總數(shù)在下降

9282.port(名)港口；機(jī)場(chǎng)
The former fishing village has now become a important.
過去的漁村現(xiàn)已成為重要港口。

9283.portion(名)一份、一客
May I have another portion of scrambled eggs?
我可以再要一份炒雞蛋嗎？

9284.posterity(名)后裔、子孫
不可數(shù)
We are always doing something for posterity,but I will fain see posterity do something for us．
我們經(jīng)常在為后代子孫做些事情，但我真想看看后代子孫又能為我們做些什么。

9285.posture(名)姿勢(shì)、姿態(tài)
He took off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.
他脫掉上衣，擺出一副想打架的姿勢(shì)。

9286.poultry(名)家禽；家禽肉
不可數(shù)
Pigs and poultry are the principal animals reared for food.
豬和家禽是本地農(nóng)民主要飼養(yǎng)的食用禽畜。

9287.poverty(名)貧窮、貧困
不可數(shù)
He was frustrated by his poverty.
他因貧窮而心灰意冷。

9288.pragmatic(形)務(wù)實(shí)的、實(shí)干的
This is because those are pragmatic policies pursued by a pragmatic Singapore government.
這是務(wù)實(shí)的新加坡政府所采取務(wù)實(shí)的政策所帶來的客觀結(jié)果。