List 31 Flashcards
restitution
补偿,赔偿:for some injury
resurrect
使重生,使复苏:bring back to life
retentive
记性好的:retain knowledge or information
retrieve
寻回,找回:get back again
reverberate
回荡,回响:continue or be repeated sound waves
rhetorical
语言上的,文字上的:words or language;言辞华丽(却往往无内涵)的:fancy but meaningless
rigmarole
混乱而无意义的话:confused or meaningless talk
ruthless
没有怜悯心的,残忍的:no pity
sacrosanct
极为神圣的,不可侵犯的:most sacred
scourge
祸害:source of harm
screen
掩护物,屏障:shelters, protects, or hides;保护,使…免受攻击:drive attack away;掩护,遮蔽:shut off from view
scrimp
节俭:avoid waste
scruple
(良心上的)不安:uneasy feeling about the rightness
secede
脱离,拖出(组织、团体、联盟等):withdraw from an organization
sectarianism
宗派主义,顽固:adherence prejudices
secular
世俗的,尘世的:worldly or temporal
sequel
结果:result
shift
改变…的位置:change position;改变,变化:pass from;交换:in return
shifty
(显得)狡诈的,(显得)欺诈的:deceitful character
simile
明喻:comparing two unlike things
skittish
容易受到惊吓的,胆小的:easily frightened;容易激动的:easily excited;善变的,多变的:likely to change
sparing
节俭的,节约的:careful restraint;不足的,缺乏的:less plentiful
splinter
尖细条,刺:sharp, slender piece;将…切成细条:break into sharp, slender pieces
splutter
急切而不清楚地说:hastily and incoherently
squeamish
恶心的,晕船的:nausea
stasis
平衡,停滞:balance
staunch
忠诚的,坚定的:steadfast in loyalty
stereotype
成见,老套的理念:conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified opinion