22 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