deck23 Flashcards
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
shun
避开, 避免: keep away
sidestep
(通过逃避而)不遵守: avoid having to comply with
signal
(在重要性、成就方面)非同寻常的: standing above; 给出信号: direct or notify
simpleton
(缺乏常识的)笨蛋: lacking in common sense
simulate
假装, 模仿: take on the appearance; 模拟: create a representation
sin
罪恶的事: highly reprehensible
sincere
真诚的, 不做作的: without pretense
sinecure
美差: requires little or no work
sinew
活力, 力量: vigorous strength
singe
轻微烧焦: 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
怀疑者: doubts, questions or disagrees
skimp
缺乏的, 不足的: less plentiful; 节省花费, 吝啬: give insufficient funds
skirmish
小冲突, 争论: minor
skirt
界限, 边界: marks the outer limit; 绕行, 避开: go around
slack
松弛的: not tightly fastened; 疏忽的, 大意的: failing to give proper care
slake
使满足: satisfy
slant
(看待问题、思考的)角度, 看法: way of looking; 倾斜的: slanting direction; 歪曲(事实等): create a wrong impression
slate
列入名单, 计划, 安排: put on a list
slew
大量, 许多: large amount
slight
不重要的: deficient in weight; 轻微的: small in degree; 轻蔑, 看不起: treat with disdain; 忽略, 疏忽: fail to give proper attention
sling
投掷: send through the air
slippery
光滑的: slide; 隐秘的: acting in secret; 意义不明确的: not precise in meaning
slipshod
粗心的, 随意的: indifference to exactness, precision, and accuracy
sloppy
邋遢的, 不整洁的: lacking neatness; 混乱的: lacking in order
sloth
怠惰, 懒惰: disinclination to action
slouch
懒人: lazy person; 缓慢行走: move slowly
slovenly
邋遢的, 不整洁的: lacking neatness
sluggard
懒人: lazy person
sluggish
缓慢的, 迟缓的: slow in movement; 迟钝的, 反应慢的: slow to respond
slumber
睡着: sleep
slur
耻辱: mark of guilt; 含糊地发音: indistinctly; 疏忽, 忽略: without due, consideration
sly
狡猾的: clever or cunning; 隐秘的, 偷偷的: acting in secret
smarmy
虚情假意的, 过分恭维的: hypocritically
smart
反应敏捷的, 聪颖的: sharp quick thought; 整洁的: strikingly neat; 感到疼痛, 感到痛苦: suffer acutely
smattering
浅薄的知识: superficial knowledge; 少量: small amount
smirk
(自鸣得意地)笑: offensively self-satisfied
smother
使窒息: killed by lack of air; 抑制(表达, 说出), 压制: refrain
smug
自大的, 自鸣得意的: opinion of oneself; 整洁的, 有序的: good order
smuggling
走私, 私运: importation or exportation contrary to the law
snare
无法逃脱的困境: catches and holds; 捕捉: capture by
snarl
纠缠, 纠结: twist; 咆哮, 怒吼: to anger
sneer
(轻蔑地)嘲笑: scornful
snobbish
谄上傲下的, 自大的: offensive air of superiority
snub
轻视, 不理睬: contempt or neglect
soak
使…湿透: make thoroughly wet
sober
严肃的: serious-looking; 节制的: restraint; 有理有据的: sound reasoning
sodden
湿透的: penetrated by water; 使…湿透: wet thoroughly
solace
安慰: comfort in sorrow; 安慰, 安抚: console
solder
连接, 联合: unite
solemnity
庄严, 严肃: solemn
solicitous
为他人操心的, 体谅他人的: happiness of others; 迫切的, 渴望的: urgent desire
solid
固态的, 坚固的: not easily yield to pressure; 有理有据的: sound reasoning; 坚定的, 不迟疑的: not showing weakness
soliloquy
(尤指自言自语的)独白: without addressing a listener
solitude
孤独, 避世: being alone
solvent
有偿付能力的: able to pay debts; 溶剂: another substance is dissolved
somatic
肉体的: of the body
somber
昏暗的, 无光的: shaded; 悲伤的, 不愉快的: lacking in cheer
somnolence
瞌睡, 嗜睡: needing sleep
sonnet
十四行诗: 14-line verse form
soothe
带来慰藉, 安慰: bring comfort; 使镇静, 使安心: free from distress; 弱化, 缓解: less severe
sop
安慰物: placate or soothe; 贿赂, 回扣: improperly influence a person’s conduct; 浸湿, 湿透: wet thoroughly
sophism
假推理, 诡辩: deceptive argumentation
sophisticated
精明的, 老于世故的: worldly knowledge or refinement; 复杂的: complex
soporific
催眠的药剂, 安眠药: induces sleep; 催眠的: cause sleep; 慵懒的, 困倦的: sleepiness or lethargy
sordid
肮脏的, 不干净的: not clean; 卑鄙的: baseness
sound
牢固的, 不可动摇的: withstand stress without structural damage; 健康的, 强壮的: free from injury; (逻辑)上严谨的: valid reasoning
sparse
稀疏的, 稀少的: less plentiful
spartan
简朴的, 节约的: simplicity
spat
(小的)争吵: quarrel
spate
突发的洪水: sudden flood; 大量: large number
specific
特有的, 独特的: exact sort; 明确的: clearly expressed
specious
似是而非的, 欺骗性的: false look of truth
speck
小点, 少量: small amount
spectator
观众, 目击者, 旁观者: watches
spectrum
光谱, 范围, 系列: sequence or range
speculate
推测, 揣测: take to be true; 投机倒买: from market fluctuations
spendthrift
挥霍家, 败家子: spends improvidently; 挥霍的, 不节俭的: spending money freely