1.preserve v.保持，维持(to protect, maintain)；野生动物保护区(an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural animals)

联想记忆：pre(前)+serve(服务)——提前提供服务——维持

例：The local residents determined to preserve their religion and way of life.//A wildlife preserve is being planned for 3,000 rhinoceroses(犀牛).

派生词：preservative(n．防腐剂)

2.preside v.(over)担任主席，主持（会议等）(to act as chairman at a conference, meeting, etc.)

联想记忆：pre(前)+side(坐)——坐在前面——担任主席

例：The council president presided over the meeting.

派生词：presidential(a.总统的)

3.pressboard n.压制板(a strong highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber)

分拆记忆：press(压)+board(板)——压出的板——压制板

4.prestige n.威信，声望(fame)

联想记忆：pres(看作president总统)+tige(看作tiger老虎)——总统和老虎两者都是有威信、威望的——威信，威望

例：Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.

派生词：prestigious(a．有威信的，有影响力的)

5.prestigious n.有名望的,有威信的(having prestige; honored)

词根记忆：来自prestige(n．威信；魅力)

例：Kitchen is one of the most prestigious cooking-related magazines.

6.presume v.假定，推测（to assume）

例：The underlying economic forces of industrialism were presumed to be gender-blind.

派生词：presumably( ad.据推测，大概)

7.presuppose v.以……为先决条件（to require as a condition）

词根记忆：pre(预先)+suppose(假定)——预先假定——以…为先决条件

例：Effective prevention presupposes early diagnosis.

派生词：presupposition(n.预想：先决条件)

8.pretax a．（纳）税前的(before tax has been deducted)

词根记忆：pre(前)+tax(税)——税前的

例：pretax income税前收入

9.prevail v.战胜；盛行(to predominate)

联想记忆：pre(前)+vail(=val力量)——力量在别人之前——战胜

例：This activism and the views underlying it came to prevail in the United States labor movement.

派生词：prevailing(a．流行的；一般的)

同根词：prevalence(n．流行；普遍)