托業(yè)閱讀常考詞匯大收集（3）

prestige——Aperson'shighstandingamongothers;honororesteem威望;尊重或敬佩=honor

predecessor——Onewhoprecedesanotherintime,especiallyinholdinganofficeoraposition.前任;Anancestor;aforebear祖先;祖宗=forerunnerOnethatprecedes,asintime;apredecessor前任;Anancestor;aforebear祖先;祖宗

predominantly——Mostcommonorconspicuous;mainorprevalent最主要的;最普通的=primarily

precede——Tocome,exist,oroccurbeforeintime.先于…=priorto,before

portion——Asectionorquantitywithinalargerthing;apartofawhole部分=part

possess——Tohaveasproperty;own持有;擁有Tohaveasaquality,characteristic,orotherattribute具有品質(zhì)、特點(diǎn)=have

potential——shavingspossibility,capability,orpower有可能性的=possible

pertinent——shavingslogical,preciserelevancetothematterathand有關(guān)系的=relevant

pit——Anaturalorartificialholeorcavityintheground坑=hole

perception——Thecapacityforsuchinsight洞察能力=insightfulShowingorshavingsinsight;perceptive有洞察力的;有悟性的

penetrate——Toenterorforceawayinto;pierce.穿過,刺入=gothrough

patron——Acustomer,especiallyaregularcustomer顧客=customer

particle——Averysmallpieceorpart;atinyportionorspeck一小份兒或一小點(diǎn)兒=speckAsmallspot,mark,ordiscoloration小斑點(diǎn),小污點(diǎn)或小瑕疵

pants褲子——trousers褲子

rupture——Theprocessofbreakingopenorbursting裂開,突然炸開=burst

rural——Of,relatingto,orcharacteristicofthecountry農(nóng)村的=country

rudimentary——Beingintheearlieststagesofdevelopment;incipient處于發(fā)展的最早階段的=undeveloped,unsophisticated

rotate——Toturnaroundonanaxisorcenter繞軸或中心轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)=turn,swirl

Toproceedinsequence;taketurnsoralternate循環(huán),交替或輪換=alternate

robust——Fullofhealthandstrength;vigorous健康和有力的=strong

roam——Tomoveaboutwithoutpurposeorplan;wander漫游=wander

rigidity——Aninstanceofbeingrigid僵化,嚴(yán)厲=stiffness

revise——Toreconsiderandchang