List 23 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