Lesson 51

Question 1

slacker

Answer 1

偷懶的人
Those slackers have gone home early again.
那些懶鬼又提前回家了。

Question 2

be slated

Answer 2

預計，預定；安排
[ + to infinitive ] Jeff is slated to be the next captain of the team.
傑夫預計會成爲球隊的下一任隊長。

Question 3

slather

Answer 3

大量塗抹，厚厚塗抹
She slathered lotion on/all over her body.
她在全身塗抹了大量的潤膚乳霜。

Question 4

sledging

Answer 4

sledging

（體育比賽中為激怒對手而進行的）侮辱

Question 5

sleek

Answer 5

（尤指頭髮、衣服）平滑發亮的，整潔的；（外形）線條流暢的
The cat had sleek fur.
那隻貓的皮毛油光發亮。

Question 6

sleuth

Answer 6

1.大獵犬；大警犬
2.【美】【口】偵探
If the police cannot crack this case, you may have to hire a sleuth. 如果警方不能找到凶手，你可能要請一個偵探。

Question 7

slight

Answer 7

1.少量的，微小的
a slight improvement
略微的改善
2.輕視，冷落；怠慢
I felt slighted when my boss thanked everyone but me for their hard work.
我的老闆感謝了每個人所付出的辛勞，唯獨沒有感謝我，這讓我感到自己受到了冷落。

Question 8

slip through the net

Answer 8

漏網；被漏掉
Once again terrorists have slipped through the police net.
恐怖分子又一次逃離了警方布下的天羅地網。

Question 9

slog

Answer 9

鍥而不捨地做（尤指困難或乏味的工作）
I’ve been slogging away for days on this essay and I’m still not finished.
我爲了這篇文章已經埋頭苦寫好幾天了，但還沒有完成。

Question 10

sloshed

Answer 10

喝醉的
He always gets sloshed at the annual office party.
每年的辦公室派對上他都會喝醉。

Question 11

slough

Answer 11

（某些動物）蛻（皮）
Snakes slough their skin regularly.
蛇定期蛻皮。

Question 12

slovenly

Answer 12

邋遢的，不整潔的
a slovenly appearance
邋遢的外表

Question 13

sluggish (2)

Answer 13

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。

Question 14

smack your lips

Answer 14

咂嘴脣
“I love chocolate cake,” said Susannah, smacking her lips.
「我喜歡巧克力蛋糕，」蘇珊娜邊咂著嘴脣邊說道。

Question 15

smear (2)

Answer 15

塗抹（黏膩的東西）
The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa.
孩子們把花生醬抹得沙發上到處都是。

Question 16

smithereens

Answer 16

碎片，碎屑
The city was bombed to smithereens during the war.
城市在戰爭中被炸成了瓦礫。

Question 17

smolder (2)

Answer 17

無火焰地慢慢燒，悶燒
a smouldering fire
悶燒的火

Question 18

smother (2)

Answer 18

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。

Question 19

smudged

Answer 19

弄髒的，模糊不清的
The signature was smudged and impossible to decipher.
簽名被弄得模糊一片，無法辨認。

Question 20

snake

Answer 20

蜿蜓伸展
The river snakes through some of the most spectacular countryside in France.
這條河蜿蜒穿過法國一些最美麗的鄉村地區。

Question 21

snappy

Answer 21

（尤指男子穿著或相貌）時髦的，漂亮的
He’s a snappy dresser.
他是個穿著時髦的人。

Question 22

snare

Answer 22

圈套，陷阱
The legal system is full of snares for those who are not wary.
法律制度對那些不謹慎的人而言充滿了陷阱。

Question 23

snatch

Answer 23

奪走，搶走
He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.
我還沒來得及看，他就一把搶走了我手裡的照片。

Question 24

sneer

Answer 24

嘲笑，譏諷
You may sneer, but a lot of people like this kind of music.
你可以嗤之以鼻，但很多人喜歡這種音樂。

Question 25

snippet

Answer 25

一條，一則（新聞、消息或談話）
I heard an interesting snippet on the radio this morning.
今天早上我從廣播裡聽到了一則有趣的新聞。

Question 26

snitch

Answer 26

告發，告密，揭發
She thought I’d snitched on her.
她認為是我告了她。

Question 27

snobbery

Answer 27

勢利，虛榮
She accused me of snobbery because I sent my sons to a private school.
她指責我虛榮，因爲我送兒子上了一所私立學校。

Question 28

so to speak

Answer 28

姑妄言之，可以說
In that relationship it’s very much Lorna who wears the trousers, so to speak (= Lorna makes all the important decisions).
可以這麽說，他們家裡基本上是洛娜說了算。

Question 29

sobriety (2)

Answer 29

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。

Question 30

soggily

Answer 30

soggily

濕透地；濕潤地

Question 31

solace

Answer 31

安慰，撫慰，慰藉
When his wife left him, he found solace in the bottle (= drank alcohol).
妻子離開他之後，他借酒消愁。

Question 32

solicit

Answer 32

請求，索求，乞求
to solicit donations for a charity
呼籲人們捐款給慈善機構

Question 33

solicitation

Answer 33

solicitation

懇切地要求；懇請；誘惑

Question 34

solicitous

Answer 34

關心的，關切的
He made a solicitous enquiry after her health.
他十分關切地詢問了她的健康狀況。

Question 35

solidarity

Answer 35

團結一致
The situation raises important questions about solidarity among member states of the UN.
當前形勢對聯合國成員國能否團結一致這一重要問題提出了質疑。

Question 36

solidify (2)

Answer 36

（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。

Question 37

solitary (2)

Answer 37

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。

Question 38

solvent

Answer 38

（尤指公司）有償付能力的，付得起的
Many insurance companies are under pressure to increase premiums to stay solvent.
很多保險公司面臨壓力，要增加保險費以保證償付能力。

Question 39

sommelier

Answer 39

酒侍；侍酒師；斟酒服務員
Beaujolais hired some of the best sommeliers who serve at the new wine tasting ceremony every year. 每年薄酒萊廠舉行新酒品嚐會時，它們都會請來一些最棒的侍酒師。

Question 40

soporific (2)

Answer 40

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

Question 41

sordid

Answer 41

骯髒的，邋遢的
There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city’s poorer areas.
該市的落後地區有很多極其骯髒的公寓。

Question 42

sort through sth.

Answer 42

查看(某些事物)並加以分類整理

sort through a pile of old photographs 把一堆舊照片整理一下

Question 43

soubriquet

Answer 43

soubriquet

綽號；假名

Question 44

sought after

Answer 44

（因品質高或稀有而）熱門的，廣受歡迎的
[ before noun ] At the age of 17 she is already one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses.
她17歲時就是好萊塢最走紅的女演員之一了。

Question 45

sovereign (2)

Answer 45

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。

Question 46

spare

Answer 46

額外的，備用的；多餘的
a spare key/tyre
備用鎖匙／輪胎

Question 47

sparse

Answer 47

稀少的；稀疏的，零落的
a sparse population/audience
稀少的人口／觀眾

Question 48

spartan

Answer 48

簡樸的，清苦的；斯巴達式的
a spartan diet/meal
簡單的飲食／飯菜

Question 49

spasmodically

Answer 49

一陣陣地

he tends to work spasmodically, only when the mood takes him 他往往憑性情工作，沒有常性

Question 50

spit sth out

Answer 50

厲聲說出
He spat out an insult and marched out of the room.
他一邊大步走出房間，一邊罵了句髒話。