5231.plantation(名)大农场；人造林
Tom's health broke down from overwork on the cotton plantation.
汤姆的身体因在棉花种植园里劳累过度而垮了下来。

5232.platform(名)月台；讲台
He spoke to us from a platform in the school hall.
他站在学校礼堂的演讲台上为我们演讲。

5233.Plato(名)柏拉图
古希腊哲学家
Plato's Academy continued for several hundred years after Plato died.
在柏拉图死后，柏拉图学校延续了几百年。

5234.pleasant(形)令人愉快的
It's a pleasant surprise!
这是一桩令人又惊又喜的事！

5235.plentiful(形)丰富的
同义词ample
Food became more and more plentiful each day.
食物曰益丰富了。

5236.plenty(名)丰富，大量
We had plenty of food and drink.
我们的食物和饮料十分充足。

5237.plot(名)阴谋；小说、戏剧情节
The book is well organized in terms of plot.
这本书的故事布局十分严谨。

5238.plow(名)犁
英plough
He hitched the ox to the plow．
他把牛套上了犁。

5239.plug(名)插头；塞子
Pull the plug before you try to fix the vacuum.
修理吸尘器前，先拔掉电源。

5240.plum(名)梅子
She steamed the plum-pudding．
她把梅子布丁蒸了一下。

5241.plumber(名)水管工人
The plumbers pushed the departments to investigate with interviews and polygraph tests．
堵漏人员催促各部门通过采访和测谎器测验来进行督察。

5242.plume(名)羽毛
The red plume on the horse's head was nodding to the thythm of its steps．
马头上的红色羽饰随着马步的节律抖动着。

5243.plump(形)丰满的
同义词chubhy
She is short and plump.
她的身材矮而丰满。

5244.plunder(动)抢劫
The troops crassed the country, plundering and looting as they went.
部队经过乡村，一路抢劫掳掠。

5245.plural(名)复数
The verb should be in the plural.
这个动词应该用复数形式。

5246.poem(名)诗
He wrote a poem abaut war.
他写了一首关于战争的诗。

5247.poet(名)诗人
Poet is born,not made．
诗人是天生的，不是后天造就的。

5248.poetic(形)诗的
There is a poetic quality to her playing．
她的演奏富有诗意。

5249.poetry(名)诗歌、韵文
Richard doesn't think he could ever take to what is called "freestyle" poetry.
理查认为他永远都不会喜欢所谓“自由体”的诗歌。

5250.Poland(名)波兰
P需大写
The balloon descended in Poland.
汽球落于波兰境内。

5251.pole(名)棒、杆子；（意见的）极端
Their opinions were at opposite poles of the debate．
他们的意见在辩论中截然相反。

5252.policy(名)政策；保单
Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是最好的方针。

5253.polish(动)擦亮
Polish your shoes with a brush．
去用刷子把你的鞋刷一刷。

5254.Polish(形)波兰的、波兰人、波兰语
P需大写
Da you speak Polish?
你会说波兰话吗？

5255.polite(形)有礼貌的
同义词courteous
We were all too polite to object.
我们都太客气了，没有反对。

5256.political(形)政治的、政府的
He was a political prisoner.
他曾是个政治犯。

5257.politician(名)政治家
That politician is always trimming.
那个政客老是采取观望的态度。

5258.politics(名)政治、政治活动
He's thinking of going into politics．
他打算步入政坛。

5259.poll(名)民意调查；投票
The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.
投票结果要到半夜才能知道。

5260.pollutant(名)污染物
Although ground-level ozone is considered a hanmful pollutant, the ozone layer in the strat-osphere is beneficial.
尽管地表的臭氧被看成是有害的污染物，但平流层里的臭氧层却是有益的。

5261.ponder(动)沉思、深思
同义词consider
I pondered over the incident, asking myseef again and again how it could have happened.
我反复思考那件事，一再自问究竟是怎么回事。

5262.pop(形)流行的
It is believed that today's pop music serves as a creative force by stimulating the thinking of its listeners．
人们相信现今的流行音乐可以激发听众的思维而成为一种创造力。

5263.popcorn(名)爆米花
不可数
I love to eat popcorn at the movies.
我特别喜欢边看电影边吃爆米花。

5264.Pope(名)教皇
P需大写
The election of a new Pope is coming.
新教皇的选举即将到来。