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.
paraphrase V. /解释;批注;注释/restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author. In 250 words or less, paraphrase this article. also N.
parasite N. /寄生;寄生体/animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant. The tapeworm is an example of the kind of parasite that may infest the human body.
parched ADJ. /干旱的;干渴的/extremely dry; very thirsty. The parched desert landscape seemed hostile to life.
pariah N. /贱民;被社会遗弃的人/social outcast. If everyone ostracized singer Mariah Carey, would she then be Mariah the pariah?
parity N. /相等;势均力敌;奇偶/equality in status or amount; close resemblance. Unfortunately, some doubt exists whether women's salaries will ever achieve parity with men's.
parochial ADJ. /狭小的，地方的/narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes. Although Jane Austen sets her novels in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial.
parody N. /拙劣的模仿/humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty. The show Forbidden Broadway presents parodies spoofing the year's new productions playing on Broadway.
paroxysm N. /突然一阵的，突发的(痛苦，笑，愤怒)/fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
parry V. /躲避/ward off a blow; deflect. Unwilling to injure his opponent in such a pointless clash, Dartagnan simply tried to parry his rival's thrusts. What fun it was to watch Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy parry each other's verbal thrusts in their classic screwball comedies!
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