再要你命2101-2250 Flashcards
riveting
吸引人的,極迷人的:absorbing engrossing
rivulet
小河,小溪:small stream
robust
精力充沛的,強壯的,健康的:full of strength
roil
攪渾,使混亂:stir up;激怒:displease
roisterer
喝酒喧鬧的人:engages in merrymaking
rookie
新兵;新生;菜鳥:recruit
roster
值勤表,花名冊:list of personnel
rostrum
講壇,演講壇:stage speaking
rouse
激起,煽動:stir up;喚醒:stop sleeping
royalty
皇家身份:regal character;版稅;專利權稅:payment
rubicund
紅潤的,健康的:healthy rosiness
rudimentary
初始的,未發展的:earliest development;最根本的,基礎的:first principles
rue
後悔,遺憾:feeling of regret
ruffle
皺褶,褶?花邊:strip edge;使粗糙:destroy smoothness;擾亂,打擾:disturb
ruminate
沉思:go over in the mind
rumple
使皺,弄皺:form creases;打亂,使不整齊:undo the proper order
run
(不間斷的)連續演出:course of performances
runic
神秘的:mysterious
北歐古代文字的
rupture
打破;打碎,破裂:part
ruse
詭計:subterfuge
rustic
鄉下人,頭腦簡單的人:awkward or simple person;鄉村的:open areas with few buildings;粗俗的:lacking polish
rustle
快速地行動:move or act with speed
sabotage
妨害,破壞:hinder a cause;從事破壞活動,阻止:practice sabotage
saccharine
像糖一樣的,有甜味的:sugar;和顏悅色的
sacrilege
褻瀆聖物:profanation sacred
saddle
使某人擔負:load
safeguard
保護措施:prevent accident;保護:make safe
sage
智者:wisdom
salient
顯著的,最突出的:conspicuously
salubrious
有益健康的:promoting health
salutary
有益健康的:promoting health;有利的,利好的:promoting well-being
salutation
致敬,打招呼(表示歡迎和禮貌):greeting;讚揚:praise
salvage
(從災難中)搶救:save from loss
salve
減輕:緩解:assuage
sanctify
使神聖,將…敬為神:make holy
sanctimonious
假裝虔誠的:hypocritically pious
sanction
批准,同意,許可:make valid;制裁:coercive measure
sanctuary
避難所:protection
sand
磨光:make smooth
sanguine
樂觀的,確信的:free from doubt;面色紅潤的:healthy reddish
sanitary
衛生的,清潔的:health
sap
削弱:weaken energy vitality;健康,活力:active strength
sapient
聰明的,有洞察力的:deep understanding, intelligent
sarcasm
諷刺,輕蔑:ironic
sartorial
裁縫匠的,裁縫的:clothes
sate
使飽足,充分滿足:satisfy fully
satiate
(使)飽足(的),過分滿足(的):satisfy fully
satire
諷刺詩,諷刺文學:literary ridicule
satirize
諷刺:ridicule
saturate
使飽和,浸透:wet thoroughly
saturnine
憂鬱的,陰沉的:lacking in cheer;諷刺的:sardonic
saunter
閒逛,漫步:by foot
savant
博學之士,學者:learning
savory
口感好的,味道好的:appetizing taste, smell;令人愉悅的,pleasure or contentment
savvy
老練,機智:knowledge actually doing;明確瞭解:clear idea of;有見識的,精明能幹的:practical cleverness or judgment
scads
許多,大量:large number
scant
不足的,缺乏的:scarcely
scathing
尖酸刻薄的:cause hurt feelings
schism
不一致:lack of agreement
scintillate
閃耀:sparks
scion
子孫:descendant
scission
切斷,分離,分裂:division
scoff
嘲笑:derision, mock;狼吞虎嚥:eat greedily
scorch
炙烤,烘乾:burn, make dry
scorn
輕蔑,鄙視,不屑:reject contemptible
scotch
傷口; 阻止車輪滑動的木塊; 刻痕; 蘇格蘭人
弄傷; 鎮壓; 制止轉動; 撲滅
scour
用力擦洗:wash vigorously;搜查:to find or discover
scowl
皺眉(表現出不高興):expression displeasure
scrappy
好鬥的,好吵架的:aggressive;細小的;散漫的
scrap
廢料,廢物:discarded or useless;拋棄:get rid of;終止,放棄原計劃:put an end to;爭吵
scrawl
亂塗,潦草地寫:write carelessly
scribble
潦草地書寫,亂寫:meaningless
scrupulous
正直的:principled;一絲不苟的:great care and effort
scrutable
可以理解的:understood comprehensible
scrutinize
仔細檢查:observe great care
scuff
(使)磨損:roughened by wear;腳步拖遝:move heavily
scurrilous
說粗話的:vulgar
scurvy
下流的,讓人鄙視的:contemptible
seamy
骯髒的,墮落的:sordid, base
secluded
僻靜的,隱蔽的:hidden
secrete
隱藏:conceal;分泌:generate
sedate
淡定的,安靜的:free from agitation
sedentary
固定不動的:not migratory
seduce
勸說(使不忠,使不服從),誘…誤入歧途:persuade
sedulous
勤奮認真的:careful perseverance
seemly
得體的,遵守禮節的:following the established traditions
segment
分割;部分:separate
self-abasement
自卑,自謙:humiliation
self-absorbed
自戀的,自私的:absorbed in one’s own
seminal
有發展性的:contributing later development;創新的:creative
sensation
感覺,知覺:sense;轟動事件:intense interest
sensitive
敏感的:susceptible
sentinel
哨兵,看守:watches over
sepulchral
陰沉的,喪葬的:lacking in cheer
septic
腐敗的,感染的:putrefaction
sequela
結果:secondary result;後遺症
sequester
使隔離,分離:segregate;使隱退:seclusion
sere
乾枯的,凋萎的:dried, withered
serendipity
意外發現珍奇(或稱心)事物的本領:by accident
serene
安靜的:free from uproar;穩重的,鎮靜的:unaffected, calm
sermon
佈道,說教:public speech moral
serpentine
彎曲的:winding
serrate
鋸齒狀的:notched
serried
密集的:little space
servile
低下的,卑屈的:submissive, abject
severe
嚴厲的,要求嚴格的:exacting standards;難以承受的,艱難的:difficult to endure
revere:尊敬 reserved:內向沉默的 reserve:保藏收藏 preserve:保留 conserve:保存 deserve:應得,該得 observe:觀察 persevere:堅持
shackle
束縛:restrictions;限制,阻礙:create difficulty
shadow
偷偷尾隨:secretly trail;遮蔽,(使)變暗:gloomy
shallow
淺顯的,淺薄的:lack of depth of understanding
sham
欺瞞:deceitfulness;掩飾,假裝:present a false appearance;虛假的:fake
shiftless
胸無大志的,懶惰的:lacking ambition
shipshape
井然有序的:order
shirk
逃避,規避:keep away from
shoal
淺的:little depth
shopworn
陳舊的:worn-out
shred
少量:small amount
切成碎狀
shrewd
精明的,機敏的:cleverness or judgment;刺骨的,強烈的:discomfort
shrink
(在數量或價值方面)降低,減小:reduced;(使)本能性地退卻(如因遇到使人驚恐的事物),(使)退縮:draw back;表示出不情願,猶豫:hesitate
shroud
隱蔽物,可起隱蔽、保護或屏護作用的物體:conceals, protects, screens;將…從視線中隔離,遮蔽:shut off from sight
shrug
輕視,忽略:dismiss;脫下(衣物等):rid
shun
避開,避免:keep away
sidestep
(通過逃避而)不遵守:avoid having to comply with
signal
(在重要性、成就方面)非同尋常的:standing above;給出信號:direct or notify
simpleton
(缺乏常識的)笨蛋:lacking in common sense
simulate
假裝,模仿:take on the appearance;模擬:create a representation
sin
罪惡的事:highly reprehensible
sincere
真誠的,不做作的:without pretense
sinecure
美差:requires little or no work
sinew
活力,力量:vigorous strength
singe
輕微燒焦:burn superficially
sinuous
蜿蜒的,迂回的:irregular curves
sip
(尤指小口地)喝:swallow in liquid form
skeleton
骨架,框架:structural framework
skeptic
懷疑者:doubts, questions or disagrees
skimp
缺乏的,不足的:less plentiful;節省花費,吝嗇:give insufficient funds
skirmish
小衝突,爭論:minor
skirt
界限,邊界:marks the outer limit;繞行,避開:go around
slack
鬆弛的:not tightly fastened;疏忽的,大意的:failing to give proper care
slake
使滿足:satisfy
slant
(看待問題、思考的)角度,看法:way of looking;傾斜的:slanting direction;歪曲(事實等):create a wrong impression
slate
石板;責罵
slew
旋轉,扭轉
slight
不重要的:deficient in weight;輕微的:small in degree;輕蔑,看不起:treat with disdain;忽略,疏忽:fail to give proper attention
sling
投擲:send through the air
slippery
光滑的:slide;隱秘的:acting in secret;意義不明確的:not precise in meaning
slipshod
粗心的,隨意的:indifference to exactness, precision, and accuracy
sloppy
邋遢的,不整潔的:lacking neatness;混亂的:lacking in order
sloth
怠惰,懶惰:disinclination to action
slouch
懶人:lazy person;緩慢行走:move slowly
slovenly
邋遢的,不整潔的:lacking neatness