Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 130
Prominence (n.) Alt. of Prominency
Prominence (n.) Also called Solar prominence (Astronomy) 日珥 An eruption of a flamelike tongue of relatively cool, high-density gas from the solar chromosphere into the corona where it can be seen during a solar eclipse or by observing strong spectral lines in its emission spectrum.
Prominency (n.) 著名；傑出；卓越 The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
Prominency (n.) 突起；突出物 That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Prominent (a.) Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.
Prominent (a.) Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building.
Prominent (a.) Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
Prominent (a.) (Famous) (C1) 著名的；重要的 Very well known and important.
// A prominent Democrat.
// A prominent member of the Saudi royal family.
// The government should be playing a more prominent role in promoting human rights.
Prominent (a.) (Noticable) 凸出的 Sticking out from a surface.
// She has a prominent chin/ nose.
Prominent (a.) (Noticable) (C2) 突出的，顯眼的 Something that is in a prominent position can easily be seen.
// New books are displayed in a prominent position on tables at the front of the store.
Prominently (adv.) 突起地；著名地 In a prominent manner.
Promiscuity (n.) 混亂，雜亂，放蕩 Promiscuousness; confusion.
Promiscuous (a.) Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.
Promiscuous (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
Promiscuous (a.) (Disapproving) (Of a person)（人）濫交的，淫亂的 Having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners.
// I suppose I was quite promiscuous in my youth.
// It's a fallacy that gay men are more promiscuous than heterosexuals.
Promiscuously (adv.) 雜亂地 In a promiscuous manner.
Promiscuousness (n.) 雜亂 The quality or state of being promiscuous.
Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
Promise (a.) Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Promised (imp. & p. p.) of Promise
Promising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promise
Promise (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
Promise (v. t.) To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
Promise (v. t.) To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
Promise (v. i.) To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Promise (v. i.) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promise (v.) (Say certainly) (B1) [ I or T ] 允諾，答應；保證 To tell someone that you will certainly do something.
// [ + to infinitive ] He promised faithfully to call me every week.
// [ + that ] The government have promised that they'll reduce taxes.
// [ + (that) ] Promise me (that) you won't tell him.
// I'll look for some while I'm at the shops but I'm not promising anything.
// Can I have that book back when you've finished because I've promised it (= I have said I will give it) to Sara.
// [ + two objects ] Her parents promised her a new car if she passed her exams.
// I've promised myself a long bath when I get through all this work.
// [ + speech ] "I'll come round and see you every day," she promised.
// "I won't do anything dangerous." "You promise?" "I promise."
// "I won't have time to take you shopping this afternoon." "But you promised!"
Promise (v.) (Be expected) Promise to be good, exciting, etc. (B2) 預計會很好／刺激等 If something promises to be good, exciting, etc. it is expected to be good, exciting, etc.
// It promises to be a really exciting game.
Idiom:
Promise sb the earth/ moon (Informal) 向（某人）作無法兌現的承諾 To say that you will do much greater things than you will ever be able to achieve.
// Like most governments in their first term of office, they promised the earth.
Promise (n.) (Say certainly) (B1) [ C ] 允諾；諾言；保證 The act of saying that you will certainly do something.
// I'll put my things away tonight - and that's a promise!
// I'll try to get back in time, but I'm not making any promises.
Keep/break a promise (B2) 遵守／違背諾言 To do/not do what you said that you would do.
// If I make a promise, I like to keep it.
Promise (n.) (Expected) [ U ] （成功的）跡象，徵兆；（有）出息，（有）前途 The idea that someone or something is likely to develop successfully and that people expect this to happen.
// His English teacher had written on his report that he showed great promise.
// As a child I was quite a good dancer, but I didn't fulfil my early promise.
Idiom:
Promises, promises! (Informal) 保證，又是保證！（用於表達不相信對方的承諾） Something that you say when someone says they will do something and you do not believe it.
// "When I've got some time I'll show you everything." Promises, promises "
Promisee (n.) The person to whom a promise is made.
Promiser (n.) One who promises.
Promising (a.) Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.
Promisor (n.) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Promissive (a.) Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.
Promissorily (adv.) In a promissory manner.
Promissory (a.) 約定的，約好的，約定支付的 Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Promissory note (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 本票，期票 A document that contains a promise to pay a stated amount of money to a stated person either on a fixed date or when the money is demanded.
Promont (n.) Promontory.
Promontories (n. pl. ) of Promontory
Promontory (n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
Promontory (n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
Promontory (n.) [ C ] (Also headland) （伸入海中的）岬，岬角 A narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea.
Promerphological (a.) Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.
Promorphologist (n.) One versed in the science of promorphology.
Promorphology (n.) Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.
Promoted (imp. & p. p.) of Promote
Promoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promote
Promote (v. t.) [H] [（+to）] [O9] 晉升；[H] [（+to）] 使（學生）升級 To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.
Promote (v. t.) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
Promote (v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]
Promote (v.) Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: {promote}, {advance}, {boost}, {further}, {encourage}].
Promote (v.) Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: {promote}, {upgrade}, {advance}, {kick upstairs}, {raise}, {elevate}] [ant: {break}, {bump}, {demote}, {kick downstairs}, {relegate}].
Promote (v.) Make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: {advertise}, {advertize}, {promote}, {push}].
Promote (v.) Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.
Promote (v.) Change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent.
Promote (v.) (Encourage) (B2) [ T ] 促進；促銷，推銷；推廣 To encourage people to like, buy, use, do, or support something.
// Advertising companies are always having to think up new ways to promote products.
// The Institute is intended to promote an understanding of the politics and culture of the Arab world.
// Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that threaten our planet today.
// It has long been known that regular exercise promotes all-round good health.
Promote (v.) (Raise) (B1) [ T often passive ] 提升，晉升 To raise someone to a higher or more important position or rank.
// If I'm not promoted within the next two years, I'm going to change jobs.
// She's just been promoted to senior sales rep.
Opposite:
Demote (v.) [ T ] 使降職，使降級 To lower someone or something in rank or position.
// The captain was demoted (to sergeant) for failing to fulfil his duties.
Promote (v.) (Raise) [ T often passive ] (US) 使（學生）升級 If a student is promoted, he or she goes up to the next level in school.
Promoter (n.) One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.
Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like.
Promoter (n.) One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.
Promoter (n.) An informer; a makebate.
Promoter (n.) [ C ] 促進者；提倡者；起促進作用的事物 Someone who tries to encourage something to happen or develop.
// A promoter of peace/ sexual equality.
Promoter (n.) [ C ] （體育比賽、演出等的）承辦者，出資人 A person who organizes and arranges sports and musical events.
// A boing/ rock concert promoter.
Promotion (n.) 晉級，籌辦，增進 The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.
Promotion (n.) (Encourage) (B2) [ C or U ] 促銷，推銷；宣傳 Activities to advertise something.
// A sales promotion.
// There was a promotion in the supermarket and they were giving away free glasses of wine.
// Obviously as sales manager he'll be very involved in the promotion and marketing of the product.
Promotion (n.) (Encourage) (C1) [ U ] 促進；推廣，宣傳 The act of encouraging something to happen or develop.
// The promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
Promotion (n.) (Raise) (B2) [ C or U ] 提升，晉升；升遷 The act of raising someone to a higher or more important position or rank.
// Did Steve get/ Was Steve given the promotion he wanted?
// The job offers excellent promotion prospects.
Promotional (a.) 增進的；獎勵的；晉升的；促銷的 Of or relating to serving as publicity; "promotional fares".
Promotional (a.) Of or relating to advancement; "promotional exams".
Promotive (a.) 增進的，助長的，獎勵的 Tending to advance, promote, or encourage.
Promove (v. t.) (Obsolete, transitive) To move forward; to advance; to promote.
Promover (n.) (pl. Promovers) (Obsolete) A promoter.
Promt (a.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
Promt (a.) Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.
Promt (a.) Easy; unobstructed.
Prompt (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
Prompted (imp. & p. p.) of Prompt
Prompting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prompt
Prompt (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
Prompt (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
Prompt (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
Prompt (v.) [ T ] (Cause) 引起；導致；激起 To make something happen.
// The bishop's speech has prompted an angry response from both political parties.
// Recent worries over the president's health have prompted speculation over his political future.
Prompt sb to do sth (C2) 促使某人決定說（或做）某事 To make someone decide to say or do something.
// What prompted you to say that?
// I don't know what prompted him to leave.
Prompt (v.) [ T ] (Help remember) （尤指）給（演員）提詞 To help someone, especially an actor, to remember what they were going to say or do.
// I forgot my line and had to be prompted.
Prompt (a.) (B2) (Of an action) 迅速的；敏捷的；及時的 Done quickly and without delay, or (of a person) acting quickly or arriving at the arranged time.
// They've written back already - that was a very prompt reply.
// They're usually fairly prompt in dealing with enquiries.
// Try to be prompt because we'll be very short of time.
Prompt (n.) [ C ] (Computer) （電腦螢幕上的）提示符（顯示電腦已經準備好接受指令） A sign on a computer screen that shows that the computer is ready to receive your instructions
Prompt (n.) [ C ] (Actor's help) （給演員的）提詞，提白 Words that are spoken to an actor who has forgotten what he or she is going to say during the performance of a play.
Prompt (n.) [ C ] (Actor's help) (Also prompter) 提詞人，提白人 A person whose job is to help actors, during a performance, to remember words that they have forgotten.
Prompt (adv.) 準時，正點 At the time stated and no later.
// We'll be leaving at six o'clock prompt.
Prompt-book (n.) The book used by a prompter of a theater.
Prompter (n.) 激勵者，喚起者 One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
Prompter (n.) 提示台詞者 One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.
Promptitude (a.) 敏捷，迅速，機敏 The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
Promptly (adv.) 敏捷地，迅速地 In a prompt manner.
Promptly (adv.) (B2) 迅速地，立即，依照預定時間地 Quickly, without delay, or at the arranged time.
// We'll have to leave fairly promptly (= on time) if we want to catch that train.
// We try to answer readers' letters as promptly (= quickly) as we can.
// She promised she'd keep it secret and promptly (= immediately after) went and told Dad!
Promptness (n.) 敏捷，機敏 Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
Promptness (n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
Promptness (n.) [ U ] 敏捷；迅速；機敏 The quality of doing something quickly and without delay, or at the arranged time.
// The company should pay suppliers with reasonable promptness.
// The manager replied with promptness and courtesy.
Prompt-note (n.) 交割通知單 A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.
Promptuary (a.) (obsolete) Of or pertaining to preparation.
Promptuary (n.) 倉庫 That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.
Promptuary (n.) (pl. - ries) (obsolete) 倉庫 Storehouse, Repository.
Promptuary (n.) (pl. - ries) 常用參考書 A book of ready reference.
Promptuary (n.) (Rare) A handbook or notebook containing a summary or compilation of information.
Promptuary (n.) (pl. Promptuaries) (Arithmetic) A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.
Prompture (a.) Suggestion; incitement; prompting.
Promulgated (imp. & p. p.) of Promulgate
Promulgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulgate
Promulgate (v. t.) To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Promulgate (v.) [ T ] (Formal) (Spread) 傳播，宣揚（思想或信仰） To spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people.
Promulgate (v.) [ T ] (Announce) 頒布，公佈（尤指新法律） To announce something publicly, especially a new law.
// The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year.
Promulgation (n.) 發布，公佈，普及 The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.
Promulgator (n.) 發布者，廣傳者 One who promulgates or publishes.
Promulged (imp. & p. p.) of Promulge
Promulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulge
Promulge (v. t.) (Archaic) To promulgate; to publish or teach.
Promulger (n.) One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.
Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.
Pronaos (n.) The porch or vestibule of a temple.
Pronate (a.) Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.
Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.
Pronation (n.) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.
Pronation (n.) The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.
Pronation (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) （手足的）內轉；反掌；旋前作用 Rotation of the palm of the hand or sole of the foot so the inner part faces down.
// Excessive pronation can cause lower leg pain.
Pronator (n.) A muscle which produces pronation.
Pronator quadratus (n.) A deep muscle of the forearm passing transversely from the ulna to the radius and serving to pronate the forearm.
Prone (a.) 有……傾向的，易於……的 [F] [（+to）] [+to-v]；俯伏的，面向下的 Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.
Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
Pronely (adv.) 俯伏地 In a prone manner or position.
Proneness (n.) [U] 俯伏；傾向 The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.
Proneness (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
Pronephric (a.) 前腎的 Of or pertaining to the pronephros.
Pronephros (n.) 原腎 Alt. of Pronephron
Pronephros (Gr.) (n.) 原腎 The primordial kidney; an excretory structure or its rudiments developing in the embryo before the mesonephros; its duct is later used by the mesonephros, which arises caudal to it.
Pronephron (n.) 前腎 The head kidney. See under Head.
Prong (n.) 耙子；叉；（鹿角等的）枝；分岔；分支 A sharp-pointed instrument.
Prick it on a prong of iron. -- Sandys.