9258.perpetrator(名)做坏事者、犯罪者、行凶者
You mean you saw the perpetrator stealing the vehicle?
你的意思是你看到窃犯偷你的车了吗？

9259.persuade(动)说服、劝服
同义词covince
The salesman persuade us to buy his product.
那个推销员说服了我们买他的产品。

9260.pesticide(名)杀虫剂
不可数
The fertility of the soiI have greatly improved by the use of pesitcide．
土壤的肥沃度在使用杀虫剂后大大地得到了改善。

9261.petrol(名)汽油
不可数
We'd better first fill the car up with petrol at the gas station.
我们最好先到加油站去加满汽油。

9262.petty(形)小的；琐事的；不重要的
同义词trivial
My life is hedged about with petty regulations.
我的生活受到一些琐碎的规则所限制。

9263.pharmacist(名)药剂师；药商
A pharmacist compounds drugs from prescribed ingredients．
药剂师按规定的各种成分配制成药品。

9264.pharmacy(名)药房
With the doctor's prescription,I came to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
拿着医生的处方，我到药房取药。

9265.phase(名)阶段、时期
It was just a confused,transitional phase anyway.
它只不过是一个含糊不清的过渡阶段而已。

9266.philanthropist(名)慈善家
He is the only philanthropist I can think of who gave away his fortune with absolutely no strings binding its use.
他是我唯一想到的慈善家，无条件地把自己的钱财送人。

9267.photosynthesis(名)光合作用
不可数
Men and animals depend on photosynthesis in plants to supply their food and enery．
人和动物靠光合作用来获得食物和能量。

9268.physician(名)医师、内科医生
The physician fared well in practice.
那位医生的事业蒸蒸日上。

9269.pill(名)药丸、药片
If you take the pill,you will feel better．
如果你服用了那些药，你会好些。

9270.pitch(名)运动场地
The crowd ran onto the pitch．
群众都跑到球场上去了。

9271.pitched(形)屋顶斜的、人字形的
The roof is too pitched．
屋顶过于倾斜。

9272.placid(形)平静的；温和的
同义词smooth
He becomes engaged to a friend of Elizabeth's, the placid,unimaginative Charlotte Lucas．
他和伊丽莎白的朋友夏绿蒂卢卡斯订了婚，她性情温和但头脑缺乏想象力。

9273.plagiarize(动)抄袭、剽窃
He has plagiarize most of the book from earlier studies of the period．
他那本书大部分的内容都是从研究那时期的著作中抄袭的。

9274.plant(名)工厂
He works at a power plant．
他在发电厂工作。

9275.plausible(形)貌似真实的、貌似有理的
Such talk, however plausible is actually specious and groundless.
这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。

9276.plight(名)境况；困境、苦境
The poor girl was in a terrible plight.
那位可怜的女孩处境极其恶劣。

9277.plough(名)犁、除雪机
同义词plow
Mr. Roberts has been working on a design for a lighter plough.
罗伯斯先生一直在设计一种比较轻的犁。

9278.pneumonia(名)肺炎
不可数
The sick boy had an unhealthy flush and must have contracted pneumonia.
生病的孩子脸上有一种不键康的红晕，一定是感染了肺炎。

9279.pole(名)极地；竿、柱
He flew to Europe via the North pole．
他经由北极飞到欧洲。

9280.ponder(动)仔细考虑、衡量
同义词contemplate
He didn't ponder on things too long．
他对这些事情没有过多考虑。

9281.population(名)某地区某类动物的总数；人口
不可数
The elephant population in that area is falling.
那地区的大象总数在下降

9282.port(名)港口；机场
The former fishing village has now become a important.
过去的渔村现已成为重要港口。

9283.portion(名)一份、一客
May I have another portion of scrambled eggs?
我可以再要一份炒鸡蛋吗？

9284.posterity(名)后裔、子孙
不可数
We are always doing something for posterity,but I will fain see posterity do something for us．
我们经常在为后代子孙做些事情，但我真想看看后代子孙又能为我们做些什么。

9285.posture(名)姿势、姿态
He took off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.
他脱掉上衣，摆出一副想打架的姿势。

9286.poultry(名)家禽；家禽肉
不可数
Pigs and poultry are the principal animals reared for food.
猪和家禽是本地农民主要饲养的食用禽畜。

9287.poverty(名)贫穷、贫困
不可数
He was frustrated by his poverty.
他因贫穷而心灰意冷。

9288.pragmatic(形)务实的、实干的
This is because those are pragmatic policies pursued by a pragmatic Singapore government.
这是务实的新加坡政府所采取务实的政策所带来的客观结果。