Extra 5 Flashcards
scrutinize
細看，仔細審查
He scrutinized the men’s faces carefully/closely, trying to work out who was lying.
他仔細端詳這些男人的臉，想弄清誰在撒謊。
sedulous
小心的，勤奮的，刻苦的
It was agreed that the few students sedulous enough to read the book deserved top marks for diligence.
大家同意，那些勤奮並讀了這本書的學生應該因為刻苦而得最高分。
sententious
好說教的；說教式的；自以爲是的
The document was sententious and pompous.
這份文件一味說教，華而不實。
servile
卑躬的；諂媚的
As a waiter you want to be pleasant to people without appearing totally servile.
作爲服務員，你應該對人友善，但不要表現出完全卑躬屈膝的樣子。
sinister
不祥的，有凶兆的
The ruined house had a sinister appearance.
那棟倒塌的房子外觀給人一種不祥之感。
sinuous
蜿蜒的，彎曲的
He enjoyed watching the sinuous bodies of the dancers.
他喜歡觀賞舞者婀娜的身段。
sobriety
未醉，清醒
US The police said his car had been weaving all over the road, so they pulled him over and gave him a sobriety test.
警察說他的車在路上一直開得搖搖晃晃的，因此叫他停了下來，幫他做了酒精測試。
spurious
虛假的，欺騙的；（原因、判斷）謬誤的
Some of the arguments in favour of shutting the factory are questionable and others downright spurious.
贊成關閉工廠的那些論據，有些值得質疑，另一些則明顯站不住腳。
stagnant
（水或空氣）不流動的，汙濁的
a stagnant pond
死水塘
stale
（通常指因久放）不新鮮的，走味的
The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale.
麵包／餅乾／蛋糕已經不新鮮了。
sterile
（生物）不育的；（土地）貧瘠的，不長作物的
Mules are usually sterile.
騾子通常無法生育。
stigmatize
使背負惡名，侮辱
People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race.
人們不應因其種族而受到侮辱。
stratagem
策略；計策，計謀
Her stratagem for dealing with her husband’s infidelities was to ignore them.
她對待丈夫不忠的策略就是佯裝不知。
strident
刺耳的，尖厲的
People are put off by his strident voice.
人們很厭惡他那刺耳的嗓音。
submissive
順從的，溫順的，聽話的
He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word.
他想找一個溫順嫻靜的妻子，對他百依百順。
succinctly
succinctly
簡潔地；簡便地
sullen
慍怒的；悶悶不樂的，繃著臉的
His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment.
他的幾個女兒也滿臉慍怒地狠狠回瞪他。
superficially
superficially
淺薄地
superfluous
過多的，多餘的，過剩的
The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
這篇報告壞就壞在裡面細枝末節的東西太多。
surfeit
過量，過剩
The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
這個國家的廉價勞動力過剩。
surreptitious
秘密的，偷偷的；鬼鬼祟祟的
She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn’t help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.
她看起來好像在聽我說話，但我明顯注意到她偷偷看了幾眼鐘。
swindle
詐騙，騙取（錢財）
They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars.
他們詐騙了當地企業幾千美元。
tautology
tautology
同義反覆；冗詞，贅述
tedious
單調乏味的，無趣的
a tedious job
單調乏味的工作
tenacious
緊握的；頑固的；固執的
The baby took my finger in its tenacious little fist.
那個嬰兒用他的小拳頭緊緊攥著我的手指。
terse
簡短生硬的；簡要的
“Are you feeling any better?” “No!” was the terse reply.
「你覺得好點了嗎？」 「沒有。」回答簡短而生硬。
timorous
timorous
羞怯的；膽小的，膽怯的
tirade
長篇抨擊性演說
She launched into an angry/furious tirade about how she had been unfairly treated.
她就自己遭受的不公正對待，進行了長時間的憤怒控訴。
tractable
易處理的；易控制的；易勸服的
The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected.
這個問題最後處理起來遠比我預期棘手。
transience
短暫
the transience of youth 青春的轉瞬即逝
trite
陳腐的；老一套的
His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously.
他寫的關於愛情與和平的歌詞太陳腐了，我可不拿它當回事。
trivialize
使顯得不重要
I don’t want to trivialize the problem, but I do think there are more important matters to discuss.
我並不是要貶低這個問題的重要性，我確實認為有更重要的事情需要討論。
take umbrage
（通常因覺得受到無禮對待或未被尊重而）生氣，惱怒
Will she take umbrage if she isn’t invited to the wedding?
如果不請她出席婚禮，她會見怪嗎？
unctuous
諂媚的；虛情假意的
his unctuous manner/voice/smile
他那虛情假意的舉止／聲音／笑容
unequivocal
完全的；表達明確的；毫不含糊的
The prime minister, he said, had the party’s unequivocal support.
他說首相得到了全黨堅定不移的支援。
unfettered
不受約束的，自由的
Poets are unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure.
詩人是不受常規句法規則限制的。
unorthodox
非正統的；非傳統的；不正規的
Steiner was recognized as an original if unorthodox thinker.
斯坦納被認為是一位離經叛道但富有創新精神的思想家。
unpalatable
（事實或想法）令人不快的，讓人難以接受的
the unpalatable truth/facts about the war
令人難以接受的戰爭真相／事實
unscrupulous
無道德原則的；不誠實的；不公正的；無恥的
an unscrupulous financial adviser
一個沒有誠信的金融顧問
unwieldy
（物體因沈重、龐大或形狀奇特而）不靈便的，笨重的；難移動的
A piano is a very unwieldy item to get down a flight of stairs.
鋼琴是個很難搬下樓梯的物件。
urbane
（尤指男子）從容自信的，溫文爾雅的
Herschel was an urbane, kindly, and generous man.
赫舍爾這個人溫文爾雅、友善慷慨。
utilitarian
實用的
Like many factories, it’s a very ugly utilitarian building.
和許多工廠一樣，這是一座外表醜陋但很實用的建築。
vapidly
vapidly
沒有生氣地；無趣地
veracious
誠實的；真實的，正確的
a veracious and trustworthy historian
一位誠實可信的歷史學家
veracity
真實；誠實；實事求是
Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi.
她不在場證據的真實性開始受到懷疑。
verbiage
冗詞，廢話，贅語
His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I couldn’t understand it.
他的解釋充斥著太多晦澀累贅的專業術語，我根本就聽不懂。
verbosity
詳細級別（計算機系統對正在執行的任務的信息量或其中單詞和符號的數量的度量）
Unix delivers the file contents without such verbosity as spacing or headers between the files.
Unix系統交付文件內容時，文件之間沒有諸如間距或標題之類的詳細信息。
vigilant
警覺的；警戒的；警惕的
Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra vigilant.
機場的炸彈恐嚇事件之後，全體員工都被告誡要格外警惕。
vilify
詆毀，誣衊；醜化；貶低
He was vilified by the press as a monster.
他被新聞界醜化成一個變態的怪物。
virulent
劇毒的；致命的
A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region.
一場有致命殺傷力的流感最近在這個地區奪去了許多人的生命。
vivacious
（尤指女性）活潑迷人的
He brought along his wife, a vivacious blonde, some 20 years his junior.
他帶著妻子，一位活潑迷人的金髮美女，比他年輕大約20歲。
vociferous
大聲疾呼的；大聲叫喊的；喧嚷的
Local activist groups have become increasingly vociferous as the volume of traffic passing through the village has increased.
隨著途經村子的車輛不斷增加，當地激進主義團體的抱怨聲也越來越大。
voracious
饑渴的；渴求的；（尤指）貪吃的
He has a voracious appetite (= he eats a lot).
他的食量驚人。
wanton
無節制的，過分的，恣意的；不負責的
wanton destruction of human life
草菅人命
whimsical
離奇的；古怪的；異想天開的
a whimsical tale
離奇的故事
willfully
willfully
任性固執地；蓄意地
