p字母开头的词汇列表
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predominate(v.)
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predominance(n.)
"卓越的品质; 在权力、权威或影响方面的优越性",大约在1600年; 参见 predominant 和 -ance。相关词汇: Predominancy(1590年代)。
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predoom(v.)
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pre-eclampsia(n.)
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pre-elect(v.)
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pre-election(n.)
pre-election(adj.)
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pre-electric(adj.)
"发生或与使用电力之前的时间有关",出自1879年,由 pre- 和 electric 组成。
Just as her father was thus summoned away, Lotty saw Fred in the distance, waving his arms, and looking like an animated semaphore of the pre-electric epoch. [Arthur Locker, "Tollit's Tragedy," in The Graphic, summer 1879]
正当她的父亲被召唤离开时,洛蒂看到弗雷德在远处挥舞着双臂,看起来像一个活生生的、属于电力之前时代的信号灯。[亚瑟·洛克,《图形报》,1879年夏季]
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preemie(n.)
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pre-eminence(n.)
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pre-eminent(adj.)
也 preeminent,15世纪早期,“优越的,超越其他人的杰出的,高于其他人的”,来自古法语 preeminent,直接源自中世纪拉丁语 preeminentem,源自拉丁语 praeeminentem(praeeminens 主格), praeeminare 的现在分词,“超越,卓越”,字面意思是“向前突出,超越”(见 pre-eminence)。相关: Pre-eminently; preeminently。