31-1 Flashcards
restitution
补偿,赔偿:for some injury
resurrect
使重生,使复苏:bring back to life
retentive
记性好的:retain knowledge or information
retrieve
寻回,找回:get back again
reverberate
回荡,回响:continue or be repeated sound waves
rhetorical
语言上的,文字上的:words or language;言辞华丽(却往往无内涵)的:fancy but meaningless
rigmarole
混乱而无意义的话:confused or meaningless talk
ruthless
没有怜悯心的,残忍的:no pity
sacrosanct
极为神圣的,不可侵犯的:most sacred
scourge
祸害:source of harm
screen
掩护物,屏障:shelters, protects, or hides;保护,使…免受攻击:drive attack away;掩护,遮蔽:shut off from view
scrimp
节俭:avoid waste
scruple
(良心上的)不安:uneasy feeling about the rightness
secede
脱离,拖出(组织、团体、联盟等):withdraw from an organization
sectarianism
宗派主义,顽固:adherence prejudices
secular
世俗的,尘世的:worldly or temporal
sequel
结果:result
shift
改变…的位置:change position;改变,变化:pass from;交换:in return
shifty
(显得)狡诈的,(显得)欺诈的:deceitful character
simile
明喻:comparing two unlike things
skittish
容易受到惊吓的,胆小的:easily frightened;容易激动的:easily excited;善变的,多变的:likely to change
sparing
节俭的,节约的:careful restraint;不足的,缺乏的:less plentiful
splinter
尖细条,刺:sharp, slender piece;将…切成细条:break into sharp, slender pieces
splutter
急切而不清楚地说:hastily and incoherently
squeamish
恶心的,晕船的:nausea
stasis
平衡,停滞:balance
staunch
忠诚的,坚定的:steadfast in loyalty
stereotype
成见,老套的理念:conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified opinion
stigmatize
使蒙上污名:disgraceful or ignominious
substitute
取代者,替代品:takes the place of another;取代,替代:take the place of
succumb
屈服:yield to superior strength;死亡:death
supersede
取代,替代:displace
surly
脾气不好的:churlish in mood
surmise
(根据不足的)推测,揣测:based on scantly evidence
surmount
战胜,获得胜利:achieve a victory
surpass
超越,强于:become better;突破(界限、纪录等):beyond the limit
surrogate
替代品:takes the place
surveillance
监视,监控:close observation
tame
被驯化的:reduced from a state of native wildness;无聊的,乏味的:lacking spirit;控制,抑制:keep from exceeding
tangle
困惑,不解:perplexity;纠缠,使….纠结:in a snare
teeming
大量的:great numbers
temporal
世俗的,尘世的:earthly life
tentative
暂时性的,尝试的:not fully developed
thick-skinned
冷漠无情的,不顾他人感受的:unaffected
thrill
强烈的兴奋感,快感:pleasurably intense stimulate;使兴奋,使激动:excitement
timely
及时的,无拖延的:without delay;恰到好处的,合乎时宜的:appropriate
topsy-turvy*
混乱的,不整洁的:lacking in order, neatness
trifle
不重要的事:little importance or value;不正经地对待,玩弄:without serious intent
trifling
细微的,不重要的:lacking in significance
tycoon
大亨,巨头:person of rank, power, influence