MAud考研英语每日单词：

1、pedal /ˈpedl/

pedal是名词，指自行车、汽车等的“踏板”。

She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal. 她猛踩刹车踏板。

He stood up on the pedals of his bike to get extra power as he cycled up the hill. 他骑车上山时站在踏板上踩车以增加力量。

2、pedestrian /pəˈdestriən/

pedestrian作名词，意为“行人，步行者”，pedestrian还可作形容词，意为“平淡无奇的，乏味的”。

The death rate for pedestrians hit by cars is unacceptably high. 行人遭遇车祸的死亡率高得令人无法接受。

I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle. 我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。

3、peel /piːl/

peel作名词指水果或蔬菜的“外皮”，peel作动词，意为“剥去或削去…的皮，表层脱落”。

Would you peel me an apple please? 给我削一个苹果好吗?

She sat down in the kitchen and began peeling potatoes. 她坐在厨房里，开始削土豆皮。

The posters were peeling away from the damp walls.海报正从潮湿的墙面脱落。

4、peep /piːp/

peep作动词，意为“偷窥，偷看”，特别是从小孔、开口处看，作名词也是同样的意思。

We caught her peeping through the keyhole. 她从锁孔偷看时被我们撞着了。

Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her. 她时不时地偷眼看他是否在注意自己。

Jonathan took a little peep at his watch. 乔纳森微微地瞥了一下自己的表。

5、peer /pɪə/

peer作名词很常见，意为“同龄人，同等地位或同等能力的人”。

American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan. 美国儿童的数学成绩比不上日本的同龄儿童。

Peer pressure is strong among young people. 年轻人受到强大的同辈压力。

He wasn't a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers. 他算不上伟大的学者，但作为教师没有几个人能与他相提并论。

peer也可作动词，意为“仔细看，费力地看”。

He peered closely at the photograph. 他聚精会神地端详着相片。

He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead. 他正费力地透过淋湿的风挡盯视着前方的汽车。

6、penalty /ˈpenlti/

penalty是名词，意为“惩罚，处罚”，也可指“罚金，罚款”。

One of those arrested could face the death penalty. 被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

Drug dealers face severe penalties. 毒品贩子面临严厉处罚。

Currently, ticket holders pay a penalty equal to 25% of the ticket price when they change their flight plans. 目前，持票人若改变航班，须支付相当于票价25%的罚金。

7、pendulum /ˈpendjələm/

pendulum是名词，意为“摆锤，钟摆”，引申义the pendulum指观点、局势等“摇摆不定”。

The pendulum in the grandfather clock swung back and forth. 落地钟的钟摆来回摆动。

As so often in education, the pendulum has swung back to the other extreme and testing is popular again. 人们的观点又回到了另一个极端，考试又流行起来了，这种摇摆不定的现象在教育界经常出现。

8、penetrate /ˈpenətreɪt/

penetrate是动词，基本意思为“渗入，穿透，进入”，其他引申义也是围绕这个意思，很好理解。

X-rays can penetrate many objects. X射线能够穿透很多物体。

Sunlight barely penetrated the dirty windows. 阳光几乎照不进那些肮脏的窗户。

Few U.S. companies have successfully penetrated the Japanese electronics market. 很少有美国公司成功地打入日本的电子产品市场。

He penetrates deeper into the artist's life in the second volume of his autobiography. 他透过这位艺术家自传的第二册对其生平作了更深入的探究。

9、peninsula /pəˈnɪnsjələ/

peninsula是名词，意为“半岛”，

the Iberian peninsula (= Spain and Portugal) 伊比利亚半岛

the Korean peninsula 朝鲜半岛

10、penny /ˈpeni/

penny是名词，指英国的货币单位“便士”，简写为p，复数形式是pence，或者指这种几便士的硬币，此时复数是pennies。

Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle. 苹果酒每品脱也涨了1便士，而汽酒则每瓶涨了8便士。

He took two pennies out of his pocket. 他从口袋里掏出两枚硬币。

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