22-24 Flashcards
riveting
吸引人的,极迷人的:absorbing engrossing
rivulet
小河,小溪:small stream
robust
精力充沛的,强壮的,健康的:full of strength
roil
搅浑,使混乱:stir up;激怒:displease
roisterer
喝酒喧闹的人:engages in merrymaking
rookie
新兵;新生;菜鸟:recruit
roster
值勤表,花名册:list of personnel
rostrum
讲坛,演讲坛:stage speaking
rouse
激起,煽动:stir up;唤醒:stop sleeping
royalty
皇家身份:regal character;版税;专利权税:payment
rubicund
红润的,健康的:healthy rosiness
rudimentary
初始的,未发展的:earliest development;最根本的,基础的:first principles
rue
后悔,遗憾:feeling of regret
ruffle
皱褶,褶裥花边:strip edge;使粗糙:destroy smoothness;扰乱,打扰:disturb
ruminate
沉思:go over in the mind
rumple
使皱,弄皱:form creases;打乱,使不整齐:undo the proper order
run
(不间断的)连续演出:course of performances
runic
神秘的:mysterious
rupture
打破;打碎,破裂:part
ruse
诡计:subterfuge
rustic
乡下人,头脑简单的人:awkward or simple person;乡村的:open areas with few buildings;粗俗的:lacking polish
rustle
快速地行动:move or act with speed
sabotage
妨害,破坏:hinder a cause;从事破坏活动,阻止:practice sabotage
saccharine
像糖一样的,有甜味的:sugar;做作的,矫情的:appealing to the emotions
sacrilege
亵渎圣物:profanation sacred
saddle
使某人担负:load
safeguard
保护措施:prevent accident;保护:make safe
sage
智者:wisdom
salient
显著的,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(表示欢迎和礼貌):greeting;赞扬:praise
salvage
(从灾难中)抢救:save from loss
salve
减轻:缓解:assuage
sanctify
使神圣,将…敬为神:make holy
sanctimonious
假装虔诚的:hypocritically pious
sanction
批准,同意,许可:make valid;制裁:coercive measure
sanctuary
避难所:protection
sand
磨光:make smooth
sanguine
乐观的,确信的:free from doubt;面色红润的:healthy reddish
sanitary
健康的,清洁的:health
sap
削弱:weaken energy vitality;健康,活力:active strength
sapient
聪明的,有洞察力的:deep understanding, intelligent
sarcasm
讽刺,轻蔑:ironic
sartorial
裁缝匠的,裁缝的:clothes
sate
使饱足,充分满足:satisfy fully
satiate
(使)饱足(的),过分满足(的):satisfy fully
satire
讽刺诗,讽刺文学:literary ridicule
satirize
讽刺:ridicule
saturate
使饱和,浸透:wet thoroughly
saturnine
忧郁的,阴沉的:lacking in cheer;讽刺的:sardonic
saunter
闲逛,漫步:by foot
savant
博学之士,学者:learning
savory
口感好的,味道好的:appetizing taste, smell;令人愉悦的,pleasure or contentment
savvy
老练,机智:knowledge actually doing;明确了解:clear idea of;有见识的,精明能干的:practical cleverness or judgment
scads
许多,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
闪耀:sparks
scion
子孙:descendant
scission
切断,分离,分裂:division
scoff
嘲笑:derision, mock;狼吞虎咽:eat greedily
scorch
炙烤,烘干:burn, make dry
scorn
轻蔑,鄙视,不屑:reject contemptible
scotch
停止:put an end to
scour
用力擦洗:wash vigorously;搜查:to find or discover
scowl
皱眉(表现出不高兴):expression displeasure
scrappy
好斗的,好吵架的:aggressive
scrap
废料,废物:discarded or useless;抛弃:get rid of;终止,放弃原计划:put an end to
scrawl
乱涂,潦草地写:write carelessly
scribble
潦草地书写,乱写:meaningless
scrupulous
正直的:principled;一丝不苟的:great care and effort
scrutable
可以理解的:understood comprehensible
scrutinize
仔细检查:observe great care
scuff
(使)磨损:roughened by wear;脚步拖沓:move heavily
scurrilous
说粗话的:vulgar
scurvy
下流的,让人鄙视的:contemptible
seamy
肮脏的,堕落的:sordid, base
secluded
僻静的,隐蔽的:hidden
secrete
隐藏:conceal;分泌:generate
sedate
淡定的,安静的:free from agitation
sedentary
固定不动的:not migratory
seduce
劝说(使不忠,使不服从),诱…误入歧途:persuade
sedulous
勤奋认真的:careful perseverance
seemly
得体的,遵守礼节的:following the established traditions
segment
分割;部分:separate
self-abasement
自卑,自谦:humiliation
self-absorbed
自恋的,自私的:absorbed in one’s own
seminal
有发展性的:contributing later development;创新的:creative
sensation
感觉,知觉:sense;轰动事件:intense interest
sensitive
敏感的:susceptible
sentinel
哨兵,看守:watches over
sepulchral
阴沉的,丧葬的:lacking in cheer
septic
腐败的,感染的:putrefaction
sequela
结果:secondary result
sequester
使隔离,分离:segregate;使隐退:seclusion
sere
干枯的,凋萎的:dried, withered
serendipity
意外发现珍奇(或称心)事物的本领:by accident
serene
安静的:free from uproar;稳重的,镇静的:unaffected, calm
sermon
布道,说教:public speech moral
serpentine
弯曲的:winding
serrate
锯齿状的:notched
serried
密集的:little space
servile
低下的,卑屈的:submissive, abject
severe
严厉的,要求严格的:exacting standards;难以承受的,艰难的:difficult to endure
shackle
束缚:restrictions;限制,阻碍:create difficulty
shadow
偷偷尾随:secretly trail;遮蔽,(使)变暗:gloomy
shallow
浅显的,浅薄的:lack of depth of understanding
sham
欺瞒:deceitfulness;掩饰,假装:present a false appearance;虚假的:fake
shiftless
胸无大志的,懒惰的:lacking ambition
shipshape
井然有序的:order
shirk
逃避,规避:keep away from
shoal
浅的:little depth
shopworn
陈旧的:worn-out
shred
少量:small amount
shrewd
精明的,机敏的:cleverness or judgment;刺骨的,强烈的:discomfort
shrink
(在数量或价值方面)降低,减小:reduced;(使)本能性地退却(如因遇到使人惊恐的事物),(使)退缩:draw back;表示出不情愿,犹豫:hesitate
shroud
隐蔽物,可起隐蔽、保护或屏护作用的物体:conceals, protects, screens;将…从视线中隔离,遮蔽:shut off from sight
shrug
轻视,忽略:dismiss;脱下(衣物等):rid