provident: a. [有远见的] displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies | prurient: a. [好色的,渴望的] having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something |
puerile: a. [幼稚的,孩子气的] childish; belonging to childhood; immature | pugilist: n. [拳击家] one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer |
pugnacity: n. [好斗的] combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness | puissant: a. [有势力的,影响力大的,强大的] powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible |
pulchritude: n. [美丽,标致] great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty | pulverize: v. [磨碎,粉碎] pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
punctilious: a. [谨小慎微的,一丝不苟的] marked by precise accordance with details | pundit: n. [博学者,梵文学家] authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
purloin: v. [偷窃] steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove | purported: a. [传说的,谣传的] assumed to be such; supposed; rumored |
purveyor: n. [承办商] one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer | pusillanimous: a. [懦弱,优柔寡断的] cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
quadruped: n. [四足动物] four-footed or quadruped animal, especially, four-footed mammal | quaff: v. [一饮而尽] drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily |
quantitative: a. [量的,数量的,定量的,与数量有关的] expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity | quay: n. [码头] dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded |
quiescent: a. [睡眠的,休息的,暂停活动的] at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive | quietude: n. [平静,宁静] tranquility; state of peace and quiet |
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