unit 24

Question 1

spent

Answer 1

1精疲力尽的
spent runner after the marathon
2用废的
spent fuel

Question 2

slump

Answer 2

暴跌，急剧下降

a stock market slump

Question 3

spiny

Answer 3

棘手，麻烦的

a spiny problem to negotiate

Question 4

sprawl

Answer 4

杂乱无序地发展，蔓延

the city sprawls down the whole coast

Question 5

sprightly

Answer 5

活泼的

the sprightly 85-year-old president

Question 6

spurn

Answer 6

摒弃，拒绝

they spurned his recommendation

Question 7

santity

Answer 7

心智健全，神志正常

preserve one’s santity

Question 8

squalid

Answer 8

污秽的，肮脏的

living in a squalid conditons

Question 9

squall

Answer 9

尖叫

the baby squalled in pain

Question 10

squander

Answer 10

浪费

he squander his inheritance on women and gambling

Question 11

soft-pedal

Answer 11

降低…的力度

soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal

Question 12

squelch

Answer 12

压制，镇压（运动）

squelch the workers’ protest

Question 13

stalwart

Answer 13

坚定的

a stalwart supporter of the UN

Question 14

steadfast

Answer 14

坚定的，忠诚的

her comrades remained steadfast

Question 15

stealth

Answer 15

秘密的

a stealth raid

Question 16

steep

Answer 16

1陡峭的
a very steep rock face
2过分的，过高的
extremely steep demands

Question 17

strench

Answer 17

臭气，恶臭

causing the strench in the living room

Question 18

sterile

Answer 18

1贫瘠的
a sterile land
2无菌的
sterile surgical supplies

Question 19

stickler

Answer 19

坚持细节的人，一丝不苟的人

a stickler for perfection

Question 20

stifle

Answer 20

抑制（声音、呼吸等）；阻止，扼杀

stifle free expression

Question 21

stint

Answer 21

吝惜，节省

they never stint with their praise

Question 22

stipulate

Answer 22

规定，特定要求

total disarmament was stipulate in the peace treaty

Question 23

stock

Answer 23

普通的，常备的

the stock answers to sensitive quesitions

Question 24

sectarian

Answer 24

狭隘的

sectarian positions

Question 25

stodgy

Answer 25

平庸的，乏味的 | a stodgy plot

Question 26

stoke

Answer 26

增大，促进 | stoke worker's commitment to the company

Question 27

stoic

Answer 27

隐忍的，冷静的 | stoic resignation in the face of hunger

Question 28

stolid

Answer 28

无动于衷的，感情麻木的 | stolid indifference

Question 29

stonewall

Answer 29

拒绝（合作），阻挠 | stonewall passage of the legislation

Question 30

stouthearted

Answer 30

勇敢的 | a stouthearted army officer

Question 31

strand

Answer 31

遗弃，使置于困境 | the convoy was stranded in the desert

Question 32

stratify

Answer 32

将...分成各种等级 | income distribution often stratifies a society

Question 33

strenuous

Answer 33

1有活力的 strenuous workers 2艰巨的，费力的 a strenuous task

Question 34

stricture

Answer 34

责难，批评 | made several strictures upon

Question 35

strident

Answer 35

刺耳的 | plagued by the strident noise

Question 36

stringent

Answer 36

严格的 | stringent drug-testing procedures

Question 37

spike

Answer 37

激励 | spike rumors

Question 38

stultify

Answer 38

使无效，抑制 | the accident stultified his previous efforts

Question 39

stupor

Answer 39

迟钝，麻痹，无知觉 | lapsed into an alcoholic stupor

Question 40

stygian

Answer 40

极阴暗的 | the stygian blackness of the cave

Question 41

subdue

Answer 41

使顺从，征服 | they subdued the native tribes

Question 42

subjugate

Answer 42

征服，镇压 | subjugate an unruly boy

Question 43

subliminal

Answer 43

下意识的，潜在意识的 | subliminal advertising

Question 44

submerge

Answer 44

使淹没 | submerging an entire village

Question 45

substantial

Answer 45

有重大意义的 | made a substantial progress

Question 46

substantiate

Answer 46

证实 | substantiate the claims

Question 47

substantive

Answer 47

本质的，关键的

Question 48

subterfuge

Answer 48

诡计 | the spy obtained the documents by subterfuge

Question 49

succinct

Answer 49

简明，简洁 | succinct and perspicacious speech

Question 50

succor

Answer 50

救援，援助 | succor anyone in need

Question 51

sulk

Answer 51

生气 | sulk for hours

Question 52

secular

Answer 52

世俗的，尘世的 | secular state

Question 53

sumptuous

Answer 53

豪华的，奢侈的 | sumptutous furnishings

Question 54

striate

Answer 54

加条纹 | very finely striated

Question 55

stricture

Answer 55

责难，批评 | made several stricture