Lesson 49

Question 1

rudimentary (2)

Answer 1

基本的；初步的；粗淺的
Her knowledge is still only rudimentary.
她仍然只是粗通皮毛。

Question 2

ruffle

Answer 2

弄亂；弄皺；使不平整
She affectionately ruffled his hair with her hand as she passed.
她從他身邊走過時，親昵地伸手拂亂了他的頭髮。

Question 3

rumbling

Answer 3

不滿情緒；不滿的跡象
There are rumblings of annoyance throughout the workforce.
員工們普遍流露出怨憤情緒。

Question 4

ruminate (5)

Answer 4

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。

Question 5

rummage

Answer 5

翻找，翻尋，亂翻
She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
她把所有抽屜都翻了個遍，想找支筆。

Question 6

run the gauntlet

Answer 6

受到眾人的批評（或攻撃）；受到夾道攻撃
Every day they had to run the gauntlet of hostile journalists on their way to school.
每天去學校的路上他們都要受到一群不友好的記者的圍追堵截。

Question 7

sabbatical

Answer 7

（大學老師用於研究或旅行且通常帶薪的）學術休假
to take/have a sabbatical
學術休假

Question 8

sabotage

Answer 8

（爲阻止敵人或對手成功而）毀壞，破壞（設備、武器或建築物）
The rebels had tried to sabotage the oil pipeline.
叛亂分子曾試圖破壞輸油管道。

Question 9

saboteur

Answer 9

saboteur

破壞者，毀壞者

Question 10

sacristy

Answer 10

sacristy

（教堂的）祭衣聖器儲藏室，祭衣室

Question 11

sacrosanct

Answer 11

神聖不容更改（或侵犯）的
I’m willing to help on any weekday, but my weekends are sacrosanct.
我樂意在任何一個平常日幫忙，不過週末可不容侵佔的。

Question 12

sagacity (2)

Answer 12

睿智，聰慧[U]

a mariner of infinite resource and sagacity 一名機智聰慧的水手

Question 13

salient (2)

Answer 13

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。

Question 14

saline

Answer 14

生理食鹽水
a saline drip
生理鹽水點滴

Question 15

salubrious (3)

Answer 15

（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。

Question 16

salvo

Answer 16

（槍炮的）齊射；（禮炮的）齊鳴
a salvo of guns/rockets
槍炮／火箭彈齊射

Question 17

sanguine (2)

Answer 17

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。

Question 18

sapient

Answer 18

聰明的，會思考的
She is sapient, conscious, able to hold an intelligent discussion.
她聰明、有洞察力，能夠進行有見地的討論。

Question 19

sartorially

Answer 19

sartorially

在服裝方面；在服裝式樣上

Question 20

satiate (2)

Answer 20

（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。

Question 21

satire

Answer 21

諷刺，譏諷；諷刺作品
political satire
政治諷刺

Question 22

saturnine

Answer 22

陰鬱的；嚴肅的
a saturnine character/look
陰鬱的性格／陰沈的表情

Question 23

savvy (2)

Answer 23

常識；實際能力
business savvy
專業知識

Question 24

scant (2)

Answer 24

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。

Question 25

scarify

Answer 25

（用割草機）割草，剪草，梳草
It is important to scarify regularly to avoid a mossy and spongy lawn.
有規律地剪草很重要，這樣可以避免長苔蘚和草坪過厚。

Question 26

scatter

Answer 26

散開，分散；使分散，驅散
The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots.
聽到槍聲後抗議者就散開了。

Question 27

scavenge

Answer 27

（從廢棄物中）覓食；撿破爛
The flood has left people and animals desperately scavenging for food.
因遭受水災，村民和牲畜四處尋覓食物。

Question 28

schema

Answer 28

schema

圖解，圖表

Question 29

scintillating

Answer 29

妙趣橫生的，機敏風趣的
scintillating wit/repartee/conversation
機敏的才思／妙語如珠／妙趣橫生的談話

Question 30

scion (2)

Answer 30

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。

Question 31

sclerosis

Answer 31

【醫】硬化症；硬化

Multiple sclerosis can result in a man being half-paralyzed. 多發性硬化症可以造成一個人半身不遂。

Question 32

scoundrel

Answer 32

惡棍，流氓，無賴
He was, she said, a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of everything she owned.
她說，他是個狠心的無賴，奪走了屬於她的一切。

Question 33

scourge

Answer 33

災難，禍害；苦難的根源
the scourge of war/poverty/drugs
戰爭／貧困／毒品禍害

Question 34

scout (2)

Answer 34

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。

Question 35

scramble

Answer 35

（急速而艱難地）移動；爬；攀登
She scrambled up the steep hillside and over the rocks.
她爬上了陡峭的山坡，翻過岩石。

Question 36

scrap (2)

Answer 36

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。

Question 37

scrape

Answer 37

去除；刮；擦
[ + obj + adj ] Scrape your boots clean before you come in.
進來前先把靴子擦乾淨。

Question 38

scratch (2)

Answer 38

抓；搔；擦；劃
We scratched the wall trying to get the bed into Martha’s room.
我們把床搬進瑪莎的房間裡時，把牆面給劃壞了。

Question 39

scribble

Answer 39

匆匆地寫；亂塗亂畫
The baby’s just scribbled all over my new dictionary!
這個孩子剛才在我的新詞典上亂塗亂畫！

Question 40

scruffy

Answer 40

邋遢的，不整潔的
They live in a scruffy part of town.
他們住在鎮上髒亂的地段。

Question 41

scrumptious

Answer 41

極好吃的，美味的
scrumptious cakes
極好吃的蛋糕

Question 42

scruple

Answer 42

顧忌；顧慮
Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.
羅賓漢對劫富濟貧問心無愧。

Question 43

scrupulous (2)

Answer 43

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。

Question 44

scrutinize

Answer 44

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。

Question 45

scuffle (2)

Answer 45

（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。

Question 46

scurry

Answer 46

碎步快跑
The mouse scurried across the floor.
老鼠從地板上咻地溜過。

Question 47

secrecy

Answer 47

秘密；保密
The content of her report is shrouded in secrecy (= being kept secret).
她的報告內容依然保秘。

Question 48

secrete

Answer 48

（動植物或其細胞）分泌
Saliva is a liquid secreted by glands in or near the mouth.
唾液是由嘴中或嘴部周圍的腺體分泌的一種液體。

Question 49

secular (2)

Answer 49

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。

Question 50

sedate

Answer 50

給…服鎮靜劑
When I saw him after the accident he was still in shock and was heavily sedated.
事故之後我見到他時，他還處於驚嚇之中，服了大量的鎮靜劑。