unit 25

Question 1

sunder

Answer 1

分裂，分离

a city sundered by racial conflict

Question 2

supercilious

Answer 2

高傲的，傲慢的

a supercilious lady

Question 3

supine

Answer 3

懒散的，倦怠的

a supine leigislature

Question 4

supple

Answer 4

易弯曲的，柔软的

supple limbs

Question 5

supplant

Answer 5

排挤，篡夺…的位置

suplanted by modern ways

Question 6

supplicate

Answer 6

恳求，乞求

Question 7

surfeit

Answer 7

(使）过量，（使）饮食过度

he surfeit himself with chocolate

Question 8

surreptitious

Answer 8

偷偷摸摸的，保密的

he took a surreptitious glance

Question 9

svelte

Answer 9

(女人）体态苗条，优雅的

the svelte dancer

Question 10

swindle

Answer 10

欺骗，骗取

hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings

Question 11

sybarite

Answer 11

酒色之徒

a self-indulgent sybarite

Question 12

syllabus

Answer 12

提纲，摘要

have you got next years syllabus?

Question 13

sycophant

Answer 13

马屁精

mistook sycophants fot true friends

Question 14

synchronous

Answer 14

同时期的，同步的

synchronous discharger

Question 15

synergic

Answer 15

合作的，1+1>2的

synergic muscles

Question 16

synopsis

Answer 16

摘要，概要

a synopsis of the movie

Question 17

tacit

Answer 17

暗示的

tacit consent

Question 18

taciturn

Answer 18

沉默寡言的，话少的

a taciturn man

Question 19

tactile

Answer 19

有触觉的

a tactile quality

Question 20

tamper

Answer 20

恶意篡改，损害

tamper with tradition

Question 21

tangent

Answer 21

离题的，不相关的

tangent remarks

Question 22

tangy

Answer 22

刺激的

a tangy sauce with a strong aftertaste

Question 23

tantalize

Answer 23

激起，挑逗

tantalized sb.

Question 24

tantrum

Answer 24

勃然大怒，发脾气

have a tantrum

Question 25

taper

Answer 25

逐渐减少 | the storm finally tapered off

Question 26

tarnish

Answer 26

玷污 | tarnished her reputation

Question 27

tatty

Answer 27

破旧的 | a tatty shirt

Question 28

taut

Answer 28

紧绷的 | taut muscles

Question 29

taxing

Answer 29

繁重的，费力的 | a taxing journey

Question 30

teeter

Answer 30

1蹒跚，不稳定的行走 she teeter down the street 2犹豫不决 he was teetering on the brink

Question 31

teetotalism

Answer 31

禁酒

Question 32

temporize

Answer 32

行动躲闪以争取时间，打哈哈 | temporize between two parties

Question 33

temperate

Answer 33

(言行举止）有分寸的 | he is rather temperate in his appraisal of the movie

Question 34

tempestuous

Answer 34

突然的，剧烈的 | the most tempestuous decade

Question 35

tenable

Answer 35

有据可依的，无懈可击的 | a tenable theory

Question 36

tendentious

Answer 36

有偏见的 | tendentious remarks

Question 37

tenuous

Answer 37

没有实际内容的 | a tenuous argument

Question 38

tepid

Answer 38

不太热心的 | a tepid response

Question 39

terse

Answer 39

简洁的，简明的 | terse statement

Question 40

testy

Answer 40

易怒的，暴躁的 | testy taxi driver

Question 41

tether

Answer 41

拴系，束缚 | they tethered horses in the shade

Question 42

threadbare

Answer 42

陈腐的 | threadbare cliches

Question 43

ticklish

Answer 43

1易怒的 ticklish cabdriver 2棘手的，对技巧要求高的 a ticklish task

Question 44

tiff

Answer 44

小争吵 | got into a little tiff

Question 45

timorous

Answer 45

胆小的 | timorous voice

Question 46

tinge

Answer 46

给...着上少量的色彩 | tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring

Question 47

truism

Answer 47

陈词滥调 | the trusim that nothing succeeds like success

Question 48

tirade

Answer 48

长篇抨击性演讲 | a tirade of angry protest

Question 49

toady

Answer 49

马屁精，拍马屁 | he criticized that i was a toady