Lesson 2-15 Flashcards
retaliate
報復；反擊
If someone insults you, don’t retaliate as it only makes the situation worse.
如果別人侮辱了你，不要報復，因為這樣只會使情況變得更糟。
reticent
沈默寡言的；不願交談的
He is very reticent about his past.
他不願談及他的過去。
retrench
削減費用；緊縮開支
The company had to retrench because of falling orders.
由於訂單減少，這間公司不得不緊縮開支。
retribution
嚴懲；應得的懲罰；報應
They fled because they feared retribution for the genocide.
他們逃跑是因為他們害怕會因犯下的種族滅絕罪行而遭到嚴懲。
retrieve
找回；取回；挽回
We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.
我們教狗撿球。
in retrospect
回顧；回想
In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
現在回頭看，我覺得我的婚姻從一開始就註定要破裂。
reverberate
回響，迴盪
The narrow street reverberated with/to the sound of the workmen’s drills.
狹窄的街道上迴盪著工人施工的電鑽聲。
reverence
尊敬；崇敬
She has/shows/feels great reverence for her professors.
她對教她的那些教授們很崇敬。
rhapsodize
大加讚揚；熱情讚美
He’s always rhapsodizing about/over the joys of having children.
他總是熱情讚美為人父母所享受到的天倫之樂。
rigorous
嚴密的，縝密的；嚴謹的
rigorous testing/checking/methods
精確的測試／嚴格的檢查／嚴謹的方法
riveting
引人入勝的，吸引人的
It was a riveting story.
那是個非常動聽的故事。
robust
（人或動物）強壯的，茁壯的；（東西或系統）堅固的，耐用的，結實的
He looks robust and healthy enough.
他看起來非常強壯健康。
rudimentary
基本的；初步的；粗淺的
Her knowledge is still only rudimentary.
她仍然只是粗通皮毛。
ruminate
沈思，長時間思考
She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.
幾個星期她一直在反復考慮是否要告訴他真相。
sagacity
睿智，聰慧[U]
a mariner of infinite resource and sagacity 一名機智聰慧的水手
salient
顯著的，突出的
She began to summarize the salient features/points of the proposal.
她開始總結提議中的重點／要點。
salubrious
（地方）環境宜人且有益健康的，宜居的
He doesn’t live in a very salubrious part of town.
他住的地方是鎮上不太適宜居住的地方。
sanguine
樂觀的，樂天的
They are less sanguine about the prospects for peace.
他們對和平的前景不看好。
satiate
（尤指飲食或享樂）使飽足，使厭膩
He drank greedily until his thirst was satiated.
他大口大口地喝得飽飽的。
savvy
常識；實際能力
business savvy
專業知識
scant
少量的；不足的；貧乏的
He pays scant attention to the needs of his children.
他很少關心自己孩子的需求。
scion
豪門望族的後裔，富家子弟
He’s the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family.
他出身於報業世家，家境富裕。
scout
偵察；搜索；尋找
He’s scouting about/around for somewhere better to live.
他到處尋找更好的住處。
scrap
放棄；取消
They’re considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways.
他們正在考慮廢除這個稅目，用其他方法募集款項。
scratch
（使）退出比賽
The world champion scratched from the 800 metres after injuring herself the day before.
這位世界冠軍在比賽前一天受了傷，只好退出800公尺賽跑。
scrupulous
胸懷坦蕩的；審慎的；嚴格認真的
A scrupulous politician would not lie about her business interests.
一個光明磊落的政治家並不會隱瞞自己的職務權益。
scuffle
（尤指少數人的）短暫扭打，小衝突
Two police officers were injured in scuffles with demonstrators at Sunday’s protest.
星期天抗議活動中，有兩名員警在與抗議者的衝突中受傷。
secular
世俗的；非宗教的
We live in an increasingly secular society, in which religion has less and less influence on our daily lives.
我們生活在一個日益世俗化的世界裡，宗教對我們日常生活的影響越來越小。
sequestered
僻靜的，幽靜的
I found a sequestered spot in the park and lay down with my book.
我在花園的深處找到一個幽靜的地方，於是躺下來看書。
shackle
阻撓，束縛
The country is shackled by its own debts.
這個國家正爲其債務所困。
shun
避開，避免
She has shunned publicity since she retired from acting.
告別舞臺生涯後，她便遠離了大眾的注意。
silhouette
剪影；逆光黑影；輪廓
The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.
在冬日天空的映襯下，山上光禿禿的樹影清晰可見。
simulate
類比，模仿；假裝，僞裝
In cheap furniture, plastic is often used to simulate wood.
廉價傢俱經常用塑膠模仿木材。
simultaneous
同時的
There were several simultaneous explosions in different cities.
幾起爆炸在幾個不同的城市同時發生。
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。
skirmish
小爭執，小爭論
There was a short skirmish between the two of them over who would pay for the meal.
兩人因為誰該付飯錢而發生了小爭執。
sluggish
行動緩慢的；遲緩的
A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the afternoon.
豐盛的午餐使我一下午都懶得動彈。
smear
誹謗，污衊
She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.
這家報紙對她的私生活造謠誣衊，她決定告以誹謗罪。
smolder
無火焰地慢慢燒，悶燒
a smouldering fire
悶燒的火
smother
悶死，使窒息
They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags.
他們威脅要用塑膠袋把這些動物悶死。
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。
solidify
（使）（液體或氣體）固化，凝固
Molten volcanic lava solidifies as it cools.
火山熔岩冷卻後變成固體。
solitary
獨自的，唯一的，單個的
On the hill, a solitary figure was busy chopping down trees.
山上，有個人正忙著砍樹。
soporific
催眠的，使人昏昏欲睡的
the soporific effect of the heat
炎熱天氣的催眠作用
sovereign
至高無上的；完全獨立的
Sovereign power is said to lie with the people in some countries, and with a ruler in others.
據說，在某些國家中最高統治權歸於人民，而在其他國家則掌握在統治者手中。
sporadically
斷斷續續地; 偶爾
theatre reviews appeared only sporadically in the paper after he left 他離開後，戲劇評論只是零星地見諸報端
sprawl
（懶散地）攤開四肢坐（或躺）
I knocked into her in the corridor and sent her sprawling (= knocked her over).
我在走廊裡和她迎頭相撞，把她撞了個四腳朝天。
sprout
湧現；突然出現
New factories have sprouted up everywhere.
新工廠如雨後春筍般地四處湧現。
squander
浪費，揮霍（金錢或補給品）；糟蹋（機會）
They’ll quite happily squander a whole year’s savings on two weeks in the sun.
他們會心甘情願地花盡全年的積蓄，度過兩個星期的陽光假期。
squeamishly
squeamishly
易心煩意亂地；神經脆弱地
