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1. prescription n. 处方

The doctor dispensed a prescription to his patient.

医生开处方给病人配药。

2. prestige n. 威望

enjoy high prestige 享有很高的威望

She enjoyed high prestige among the masses.

她在群众中享有很高威信。

This retiring attitude enhanced his prestige.

他这种与世无争的态度更增加了他的威望。

3. prevalent a. 流行的

Is malaria still prevalent among the population here?

疟疾是否仍为此地居民的多发病?

4. prey n. 捕获物

The eagle seized its prey in a tenacious grip.

鹰将捕获物紧紧抓住。

5. probe v. 探究

The journalist was probing into several financial scandals.

那记者正在调查几起财务丑闻。

6. proficiency n. 熟练

How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?

你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何?

7.profound a. 深刻的; 深奥的

I didn't have the slightest interest in his profound theories.

我对他那些深奥的理论丝毫不感兴趣。

8.prolong v. 延长

How can we endeavor to prolong the brevity of human life?

我们怎样才能延长短促的人生？

9. prospective a. 预期的，未来的

his prospective father-in-law 他未来的岳父

We receive prospective results in the experiment.

我们在实验中得到了预期的结果。

She is married to a prospective lawyer.

她嫁给了一个未来的律师。

10. provocative a. 挑衅的

His provocative language provoked Peter.

他挑衅的话语激怒了彼得。

Your question was not merely provocative .

你的问题不仅仅是挑衅性的。

11. distress n. 痛苦，悲伤  vt. 使痛苦

I pray that you will have pity on my distress.

求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。

He couldn't distress her with his own terrible dilemma.

他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。

12. facility n. [pl.] 设备，设施；便利，方便

The college has excellent sporting facilities.

这所学院有极好的体育设备。

Certainly geothermometry will be used with greater facility in sub-soil exploration and in detecting migrant fluids.

可以肯定，地热测量法在地下勘探和测试运移流体方面更便于使用。

13. faculty n. 能力，技能；系，学科，学院；全体教员

This boy has a faculty of making friends easily.

这个男孩有交友的能力。

He is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

他是医学院院长。

Both faculty and students oppose the measures.

全体教师和学生都反对这种方法。

14. mixture n. 混合，混合物

You need a spoon to beat the mixture smooth.

你需要用一把调羹来搅均混合液。

Air is a mixture, not a compound of gases.

空气是气体的混合物，不是化合物。

15. mood n. 心情，情绪；语气

the subjunctive mood 虚拟语气

I'm not in the mood to disagree with you.

我没有心思跟你争论。

16.moral a. 道德上的，有道德的

His behavior transgressed the moral rules of the social conduct.

他的行为违背了社会行为的道德准则。

17. prominent a. 突出的

He is a prominent scholar in the field of linguistics.

他是语言学领域的杰出学者。

18. substance n. 物质；实质

The emery is a hard metallic substance.

金刚砂是非常坚硬的金属物质。

There is not anything of real substance in their book.

他们的书中没有什么实质性的内容。

19.substantial a. 可观的；牢固的；实质的

Substantial profits accrue when sales take off.

当销售额突飞猛进之后，可观的利润就开始自然累积。

Those workers have built many substantial buildings in the recent years.

近几年那些工人建造了许多坚固的建筑。

The reforms have made substantial headway.

改革取得了实质的进展。

20. prompt vt. 促使  a. 敏捷的，及时的

Science and technology has prompted the rapid development of modern society.

科学技术推动了现代社会的迅速发展。

Thank you for your prompt reply to our telegram.

多谢您对我们电报的及时答复。

21. orient v. 使适应