pecuniary ADJ. /钱的，货币的/pertaining to money. Seldom earning enough to cover their expenses, folk dance teachers work because they love dancing, not because they expect any pecuniary reward.
pedagogy N. /教育学/teaching; art of education. Though Maria Montessori gained fame for her innovations in
pedagogy, it took years before her teaching techniques were common practice in American schools.
pedant N. /学究式人物/scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities. Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a pedant rather than a scholar.
pedantic ADJ. /书生气的/showing off learning; bookish. Leavening his decisions with humorous, down-to-earth anecdotes, Judge Walker was not at all the pedantic legal scholar. pedant, pedantry, N.
pedestrian ADJ. /没有想象力的，普通的/ordinary; unimaginative. Unintentionally boring, he wrote page after page of
pedestrian prose.
pediatrician N. /儿科专家/expert in children's diseases. The family doctor advised the parents to consult a
pediatrician about their child's ailment.
peerless ADJ. /不可比较的，不相衡的，无可匹敌的/having no equal; incomparable. The reigning operatic tenor of his generation, to his admirers Luciano Pavarotti was peerless: no one could compare with him.
pejorative ADJ. /轻蔑;蔑视的/negative in connotation; having a belittling effect. Instead of criticizing Clinton's policies, the Republicans made pejorative remarks about his character.
pellucid ADJ. /透明;清澈;明白的/transparent; limpid; easy to understand. After reading these stodgy philosophers, I find
Bertrand Russell's pellucid style very enjoyable.
penchant N. /倾向;趣味/strong inclination; liking. Dave has a penchant for taking risks: one semester he went steady with three girls, two of whom were stars on the school karate team.
pendant N. /装饰品;首饰/ornament (hanging from a necklace, etc.) Thegrateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto.
penitent ADJ. /悔过的/repentant. When he realized the enormity of his crime, he became remorseful and penitent, also
pensive ADJ. /沉思默想的;忧心忡忡的/dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative. The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and deeply sighed.
penury N. /一贫如洗;穷困潦倒/severe poverty; stinginess. When his pension fund failed, George feared he would end his days in penury. He became such a penny pincher that he turned into a closefisted, penurious miser.
perceptive ADJ. /有洞察力的，警觉的;智慧的/insightful; aware; wise. Although Maud was a generally perceptive critic, she had her blind spots: she could never see flaws in the work of her friends.
percussion ADJ. /打击/striking one object against another sharply. The drum is a percussion instrument. also N.
perdition N. /毁灭/damnation; complete ruin. Praying for salvation, young Steven Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal perdition.
peregrination N. /旅程;旅行/journey. Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose peregrinations took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.
peremptory ADJ. /专制的;强硬的，专横的/demanding and leaving no choice. From Jack's peremptory knock on the door, Jill could tell he would not give up until she let him i n.
perennial N. /终年的;永久的/something that is continuing or recurrent. These plants are hardy perennials and will bloom for many years. also ADJ.
perfidious ADJ. /背信弃义的;不忠的/treacherous; disloyal. When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him, he reproached his perfidious friend. perfidy, N.
perforate V. /打孔/pierce; put a hole through. Before you can open the aspirin bottle, you must first perforate the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.
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