178. The projecting engineer突出的工程师 proficiency-pronounced There was a promising young engineer who was proficient in the use of the projector. The primary use of his projector was to proliferate, promote, and promulgate his engineering pr...
177. The prodigy天才 primarily-professionalism There was a prodigy whose profession was composing and performing music. He proclaimed that his talent lay in his proclivity to use prime number theories to develop his melodies and to call upon his pr...
176. The greatest hunter最伟大的猎手 preoccupation-primate It is neither presumptuous nor pretentious of me to claim that I am one of the greatest hunters that has ever lived. It is not the sort of greatness with which one presumably has the pr...
175. The great white tiger大白虎 preceding-premise I am a hunter, a predator of predatory animals. I have a preference for rare, prehistoric animals thought to be extinct. I am the preeminent hunter of my kind. I have had few predecessors, and the...
174. The postgraduate potter preacher拥有研究生身份的制陶传教士 posterity-precedent There was a postgraduate student in postwar England who had had to postpone his studies because of the war. To avoid living in poverty, he made a meager...
173. The polygonal portrait多边形肖像 polygon-poster There was a politician who wanted to have a portrait painted in the shape of a polygon. He contacted a particular portraitist whose portraiture was purportedly perfect and made a few inquiries...
The Playwright's Plumber There was a playwrite, who at the plea of his publisher, pledged to write a pleasing, yet plaushible story about plight of a plump plumber who wore plumage. The story went something like this: The plumber was replacing a pipe...
171. The platitudinous priest老调重弹的牧师 pioneer-platitudinous There was a priest who, because of his plainspoken sermons, was considered pioneering in his field. When he gave his sermons, he would use plain language to avoid platitude and...
170. The barstool pest酒巴高脚凳上的害虫 pertinent-pinpoint A man sitting in a bar noticed a beautiful woman a few stools down. The physiological possibilities of this sort of phenomena pervaded the mans mind and pierced his thoughts. He tur...
169. The perpetual plastic永久塑料 perishable-persuasive There was a scientist, an inventor of plastics, who received permission from the personnel department of his laboratory to invent a permeable plastic. He persevered in his efforts day after...
