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1
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Serpentine

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弯曲

Serpentine road

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Self-defeating

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适得其反的，自我拆台的

A self-defeating strategy

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Serried

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密集

In their serried ranks

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Servile

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低下的，卑屈的

Maintained a servile attitude

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Stale

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陈旧乏味

Sticking to stale ideas

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Sham

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1 掩饰，假装

Sham a most unconvincing limp

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Shiftless

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胸无大志，懒惰的

Shiftless spongers

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Shirk

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逃避，规避

shirk one’s duty

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shoal

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浅的

shoal waters

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shopworn

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陈旧的

the shopworn suggetion

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shred

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少量

a shred of his dignity

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shrewd

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精明的

He’s shrewed about his investments

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shroud

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将…从视线中隔离，遮蔽

shroud the fact

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shun

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避开，避免

being shunned by many of his former friends

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simpleton

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(缺乏常识的）笨蛋

a reputation as a simpletion

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sensuality

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感官享乐

the true sentuality of sushi

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sinew

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活力，力量

Money is the sinew of love as well as fear

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singe

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轻微烧焦

singe the nightdress

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sinuous

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蜿蜒的，迂回的

the river flowed in a sinuous path

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snag

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障碍

Hit a snag

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sacrosanct

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极为神圣的，不可侵犯的

freedom of the press is sacrosanct

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skimp

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缺乏，不足的

skimp meals

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scruple

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(良心上的）不安

students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams

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slake

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使满足

slaked my desire

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slant

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1 (看待问题、思考的）角度、看法
an interesting slant on the problem
2倾斜的
a slightly slant

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slate

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列入名单，计划

You have been slated for a three o’clock interview

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slew

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大量，许多

a slew of books

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slipshod

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粗心的，随意的

a slipshod piece of research

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slouch

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缓慢行走

he slouched towards the church

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slovenly

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邋遢的，不整洁的

slovenly rockers

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slumber

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睡着

she slumbered for hours

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slur

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1 耻辱
cast a slur on this family
2 疏忽，忽略
slurs over certain importants facts

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sly

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狡猾的

a sly, dissembling ex-con

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smarmy

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虚情假意的，过分恭维的

smarmy commendation

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skullduggery

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欺诈，诡计

intrigue and political skullduggery

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smattering

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少量

a smattering of spectstors

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smother

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抑制（表达、说出），压制

smothered his inappropriate laughter

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snare

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1无法逃脱的困境
a snare from which you can’t escape
2捕捉
snared a rabbit

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snarl

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纠缠，纠结

snarl your fishing line

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snub

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轻视，不理睬

snub her in public

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sober

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1严肃的
she made a sober reply
2节制的
live a sober life

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sodden

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湿透的

we stripped off our sodden clothes

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solace

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安慰

bring a little solace to the grieving widow

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solder

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连接，联合

wires are soldered onto the circuit board

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solvent

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1有偿付能力的
the company is now solvent
2溶剂
organic solvents

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somatic

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肉体的

a somatic disorder…

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somber

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悲伤的，不愉快的

her death put us in a somber mood

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somnolence

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嗜睡，瞌睡

the reader’s somnolence spells their indifference

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slapdash

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马虎的

a slapdash worker

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sop

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1安慰物
provide with the salary raise as a sop
2浸湿
a thorougly sopped book

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sophism

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假推理，诡辩

political selection is more dependent on sophism

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soporific

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催眠的药剂

alcohol is a poor soporific

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spat

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(小的）争吵

they have their spats

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spate

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大量

a spate of books about GRE

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specious

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似是而非的，欺骗性的

a specious argument

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spendthrift

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挥霍者，败家子

spendthrift consumers

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