SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第170篇
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pander V. /低级趣味的;拉皮条/cater to the low desires of others. The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of pandering to the masses' taste for violence.
panegyric N. /推崇之至/formal praise. Blushing at all the praise heaped upon him by the speakers, the modest hero said, °I don't deserve such panegyrics."
panoramic ADJ. /全景的/related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view. On a clear day, from the top of the World Trade Center you can get a panoramic view of New York City and parts of New Jersey and Long Island. panorama, N.
pantomime N. /演哑剧/acting without dialogue. Because he worked in pantomime, the clown could be understood wherever he appeared. alsoV.
papyrus N. /纸草;草纸(古代的)/ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant. The ancient Egyptians were among the first to write on papyrus.
parable N. /寓言/short, simple story teaching a moral. Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
paradigm N. /典范;模式/model; example; pattern. Pavlov's experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a paradigm of the conditioned-response experiment in behavioral psychology. Barron's How to Prepare for College Entrance Examinations was a paradigm for all the SAT-prep books that followed.
paradox N. /悖论;佯谬/something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct. Richard presents a bit of a paradox, for he is a card-carrying member of both the National Rifle Association and the relatively pacifist American Civil Liberties Union.
paragon N. /模范/model of perfection. Her fellow students disliked Lavinia because Miss Minchin always pointed her out as a paragon of virtue.
parallelism N. /平行状态;相似的/state of being parallel; similarity. Although the twins were separated at birth and grew up in different adoptive families, a striking parallelism exists between their lives.
paramount ADJ. /极其重要的/foremost in importance; supreme. Proper nutrition and hygiene are of paramount importance in adolescent development and growth.
paranoia N. /妄想狂;偏执狂/psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution. Suffering from paranoia, Don claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically, his claim was accurate: even paranoids have enemies.
paraphernalia N. /琐碎的东西;零碎的随身物品/equipment; odds and ends. His desk was cluttered with paper, pen, ink, dictionary and other paraphernalia of the writing craft.
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