英语四级单词及英文注释以P开头的单词(二)

　　pray

　　He prayed to ask God to forgive him for the terrible thing he had done.

　　She prayed to give thanks to God for healing her son.

　　pregnant

　　She just learned that she is pregnant.

　　The pregnant woman expects to give birth next month.

　　prepare

　　She is prepared for her trip to Europe.

　　He will prepare dinner.

　　present

　　We will present our idea to the committee.

　　I gave them a present for their anniversary.

　　The present time is a good time.

　　I was present at school yesterday.

　　president

　　The President of the United States serves a term of four years.

　　His wife is president of our schools parents and teachers organization.

　　press

　　The mayor pressed him for money for his re-election campaign.

　　The opening of the new hospital was fully reported in the local press.

　　pressure

　　We expect a storm because the atmospheric pressure is very low.

　　prevent

　　Doctors are trying to prevent the disease from spreading.

　　price

　　He is asking a fair price for his house.

　　prison

　　The state is building a new prison because the old one is not big enough.

　　private

　　Reports say a private army is plotting to take over the government.

　　This private property is closed to public use.

　　prize

　　She knows the writer who won the Nobel Prize last year.

　　The prize that he seeks is peace in the Middle East.

　　probably

　　My sons friend probably will eat at our house tonight.

　　We probably will get some rain from those dark clouds.

　　problem

　　She has sympathy for people with those problems.

　　process

　　The production process seems to be a success.

　　produce

　　The farmer produced a big crop.

　　Who produced the new action movie?

　　The police produced some new evidence at the trial.

　　His company produces road signs.

　　profession

　　Many doctors are leaving the medical profession.

　　professor

　　Do you like your English professor?

　　profit

　　How much profit did you make from selling the stock?

　　program

　　We have developed a program to increase company profits.

　　Our group is part of the program at the school meeting.

　　progress

　　Are you making progress on your science project?

　　project

　　She hopes to complete her science project in about a week.

　　propaganda

　　Does political propaganda win elections?

　　property

　　His property extends from here to the river.

　　propose

　　She proposed a new program for teaching English.

　　protect

　　The museum is protecting its valuable paintings with a new security system.

　　The Secret Service protects the White House from any kind of attack.

　　Seat belts and air bags protect the driver and front seat passenger in most new cars.

　　protest

　　The speakers protested the lack of controls on handgun sales.

　　The group protested because their votes were not counted.

　　prove

　　The defense lawyer proved that the young man was not guilty.

　　provide

　　She provided food and warm clothing to the homeless man.

　　public

　　Everyone could speak at the public meeting.

　　She said she spoke as a private citizen, not as a public official.

　　publication

　　I do not read that publication.

　　publish

　　The government published the list of properties.

　　Did the newspaper publish anything about the accident?

　　pull

　　Please pull the microphone closer so we can hear you.

　　You have to pull, not push the door to open it.

　　pump

　　The broken part would not pump fuel from the tank to the engine.

　　punish

　　The judge punished him with a five-year prison sentence.

　　purchase

　　Did you purchase your watch in Switzerland?

　　He used a charge card to pay for the purchase.

　　pure

　　He asked if the ring was made of pure gold.

　　Do not expect pure water from a mountain stream.

　　purpose

　　What is the purpose of your trip?

　　His only purpose in life was to make her happy.

　　push

　　She pushed him away.

　　Ed pushed the horse and I pulled it.

　　put

　　She put the dog outside.

　　He put the television where everyone could see it.