parasite [ para- = beside 旁；site = feeding 食=>“feeding beside the host 依靠主人為食”→]n. animal or plant living on another and getting food from it; person supported by others 寄生蟲，寄生物；食客 / The lazy man was a parasite on his family. 那懶漢是他家里的寄生蟲。

parasitize v. 寄生于；侵害 

parasitic a. 寄生的；由寄生蟲引起的

paraphrase [ para- = beside 旁; phrase = to say 說=>“ to say or explain beside 在旁邊作說明 ”→]v. state the meaning of (a passage) in other words 釋義，意譯 / The reporter may paraphrase everything the President says, but direct quotation must be specifically authorized. 記者可以用自己的話轉(zhuǎn)述總統(tǒng)的一切言論，但直接引述需經(jīng)專門批準。

下面看看para-的異體par-的構(gòu)詞情況。

parallel [par- (para-) = beside 在…旁；allel =another 另一個=>“beside one another 兩者并排”→]a. being the same distance apart everywhere 平行的，并行的 / The highway runs parallel to the river. 這條公路與河流并行。

parenthesis [par- (para-) = beside 在…旁；en- = in 進; thesis = put 放“put a word or mark in beside a word在單詞旁邊放進一個單詞或記號”→]n. ① sentence or phrase within another sentence to explain sth.插入語 / Don't use too many parenthesis in your article. 在文章中別用太多的插入語。②round brackets for a parenthesis 圓括號 / Please put these two words in parenthesis. 請將這兩個詞放在圓括號里。

parenthesize v. 將...作插入語；把…放入括號里

parish [ par- ( para- ) = near 在…附近；ish = dwelling 住宅=>“dwellings near a church 教堂附近的住戶 ”→]n. a district that has its own church and clergyman 教區(qū) / The minister often makes the rounds of his parish and visits the sick. 牧師經(jīng)常巡視他的教區(qū)并探望病人。

parishioner n. 教區(qū)居民