1.panel n．专门小组（a group of persons selected for some service）

例：A panel of experts discussed the epidemic on the news program.

2.pang n.阵痛(a brief piercing spasm of pain);极度悲痛（a sharp attack of mental anguish)

联想记忆：重击( bang)一下就造成了阵痛( pang)；pang更常指精神、情感上的痛苦

例：ln psychology, a psychopath（精神病患者）is someone who is apparently incapable of the pangs of conscience.

3.pant v/n.喘，气端．喘息(to breathe quickly; gasp)。

注意：pants(n．裤子)

例：These rats stay in burrows during the hot part of the day, thus avoiding loss of fluid through panting or sweating.

4.pantheon n．万神殿(a circular temple in Rome, completed in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the gods)；伟人祠(a public building commemorating and dedicated to the heroes and heroines of a nation)

词根记忆：pan(全部)+the(神)+on--众神之地--万神殿

例：Nightingale's place in the national pantheon is largely due to the propagandistic efforts of contemporary newspaper reporters.

同根词：theology(n．神学)

5.par n．同等(equality)

和per（prep.每，每一）一起记

例：on a par同等

6.paradigm n．范例，示范（pattern, example）

词根记忆：para(旁边)+digm(显示)--显示给旁边看--示范

例：This episode may serve as a paradigm of industry's problems.

派生词：paradigmatic(a．作为示范的，典范的)

7.paradox n.似非而是的说法(a statement that is seemingly opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true)；自相矛盾的人（或事物）

词根记忆：para(类似)+dox(观点)--与两边的观点都类似--自相矛盾的人（或事物）

例：“More haste, less speed”is a paradox.

派生词：paradoxical(a．似非而是的)

同根词：orthodox(a．正统的)：heterodox(a．异端的)

8.parallel a．平行的(being an equal distance apart everywhere);类似的(similar)； n．类似．相似处(similarity)

词根记忆：para(旁)+allel(另一个)--总在另一个旁边--平行的

例：They make parallel investments in internal and external projects.//The fight for civil rights in the United States had many strong parallels in both Mexican and Irish history.

同根词：parallelogram(n.平行四边形)

9.paralysis n．瘫痪(loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part, usually as a result of damage to its nerve supply);麻痹(loss of sensation over a region of the body)

词根记忆：来自paralyse (v.使麻痹)

例：Polio infection can cause paralysis.

派生词：paralytic(a．瘫痪的；麻痹的)

10.paramount a．最重要的，决定性的(superior to all others)

词根记忆：para(超过】+mount(登上)--登上并超过--最重要的，决定性的

例：Cutting waste was a paramount goal in the senator's tax plan,

11.parasite n．寄生虫(vermin)；食客(dependant)

词根记忆：para(旁边)+site(食物)--在…旁边攫取食物--寄生虫

例：Cell-mediated immunity accounts for the destruction of intracellular parasites.

派生词：parasitic(a．寄生的)；parasitize(v.寄生于)

12.parasitic a．寄生的(relating to or caused by parasites)

词根记忆：来自parasite(n．寄生虫)

例：Parasitic wasps use visual clues to calculate the size of a host egg.

13.parish n.教区(an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church Anglican, Roman Catholic, and some other churches，；教区全体居民(the members of such a parasitic religious community attending one church)

和perish(v.死亡)一起记

例：parish church教区教堂

14.parity n．同等，相等(equality, equivalent)

词根记忆：par(相等)+ity--相等

例：Our service needed to be improved to attain parity with the service provided by competing banks.

派生词 :disparity(n．不平等，不相等)