2022年MPA考研英语每日一练之英语单词（2月23日）

MPA考研英语每日单词：

1、pretext /ˈpriːtekst/

pretext是名词，意为“借口，托辞”，要注意例句中的搭配。

The incident provided the pretext for war.

那个事件成了战争的借口。

The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.

这次事件成了干涉那个地区的借口。

I called her on the pretext of needing more information.

我借口需要更多的资讯而打了电话给她。

2、prevail /prɪˈveɪl/

prevail是不及物动词，指某事或某物“盛行，流行”，也可指“占了优势，占了上风”。

This attitude still prevails among the middle classes.

这种观点在中产阶级里仍然很普遍。

I admired the creativity which prevailed among the young writers.

我钦佩青年作家普遍具有的那种创造力。

It is hard for logic to prevail over emotion.

道理很难战胜感情。

Your inner strength will enable you to prevail over life’s obstacles.

内心的力量将促使你战胜生活中的困难。

3、prevalent /ˈprevələnt/

prevalent是形容词，意为“流行的，普遍的”。

This condition is more prevalent in women than in men.

这种病症在女性当中比在男性当中更为普遍。

These prejudices are particularly prevalent among people living in the North.

这些偏见在北方人中尤为常见。

4、prevent /prɪˈvent/

prevent是常见动词，意为“阻止，阻碍”。

He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs.

他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。

Nothing would prevent him speaking out against injustice.

什么也阻挡不了他为不平之事鸣冤叫屈。

5、previous /ˈpriːviəs/

previous是很基础的形容词，意为“以前的，以往的，早前的”。

The lawyer told the judge that Kennedy had no previous convictions.

律师告诉法官肯尼迪没有犯罪前科。

The previous owner of the house had built an extension on the back.

这栋房子以前的主人对房子后部进行了扩建。

I’ve met him before on two previous occasions.

我以前见过他两次。

6、prey /preɪ/

prey作名词指“猎物”，也可作不及物动词指“捕食”，此时接宾语要用prey on。

A hawk hovered in the air before swooping on its prey.

老鹰在空中盘旋，之后向猎物猛扑过去。

The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.

其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。

7、prick /prɪk/

prick是动词，意为“刺，戳，扎”。

Prick the skin of the potatoes with a fork before baking them.

烤马铃薯前先用叉子在上面扎几个小孔。

She had just pricked her finger with the needle.

她刚用针把手指扎破了。

8、pride /praɪd/

pride作名词，意为“自豪，骄傲”或者“自尊”，也可作动词，意为“为…感到自豪，对…引以为荣”，使用pride yourself on th。

His heart swelled with pride when his daughter came in.

女儿进来时他的内心充满了自豪感。

We take pride in offering you the highest standards.

我们为向您提供最高标准的服务而感到自豪。

The country's national pride has been damaged by its sporting failures.

体育运动方面的失利使这个国家的民族自尊心受到了伤害。

She had always prided herself on her appearance.

她总是对自己的外貌感到得意。

9、priest /priːst/

priest是名词，指基督教的“神父，牧师”，或者其他宗教的“神职人员”。

He had trained to be a Catholic priest.

他受训成为了一名天主教神父。

Many in the Anglican Church are still opposed to women priests.

英国圣公会中的许多人仍然抵制女祭司。

10、primary /ˈpraɪməri/

primary是形容词，两个基本意思为“主要的，首要的”和“最初的，原始的”，另外primary还可指“初等教育的，小学的”。

Our primary concern is to provide the refugees with food and health care.

我们的头等大事是向难民提供食品和医疗。

His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.

他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。

It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.

原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。

Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.

直到1880年，英国才开始实行初等义务教育。

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