worldlist43 Flashcards

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sequester

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V. /使隔离,隐遁,使分离/isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude.

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serendipity

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N. /易发现珍宝的天赋或运气/gift for finding valuable or desirabl

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serenity

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N. /平静/calmness; placidity

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serpentine

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ADJ. /蜿蜒的/,winding,twisting .

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servile

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ADJ. /奴隶的;奴性的/slavish; cringing

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servitude

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N. /奴役,劳役/slavery; compulsory labor

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sever

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V. /切断,分开/cut; separate

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severity

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N. /严肃;严格;严重/harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity

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shackle

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V. /束缚,桎梏/chain; fetter

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sham

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V. /佯装/pretend

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shambles

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N. /混乱,废墟/wreck; mess

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shard

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N. /碎(陶瓷的)瓦片/fragment, generally of pottery

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sheaf

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N. /捆;扎(秸秆)/bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

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shear

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V. /剪;修剪,剪切/cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something

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sheathe

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V. /插入鞘/place into a case

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sheer

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ADJ. /绝对的;透明的;峻峭的/very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute

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shimmer

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V. /发闪烁之微光/glimmer intermittently

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shirk

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V. /逃避,推卸/avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger

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shoddy

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ADJ. /劣质的,廉价的/sham; not genuine; inferior

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shrewd

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ADJ. /机灵的,精明的/clever; astute

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shroud

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V. /遮蔽,用裹尸布裹;隐藏/hide from view; wrap for burial

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shun

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V. /避开,躲避/keep away from

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shyster

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N. /不择手段的律师,奸诈的人/lawyer using questionable methods.

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sibling

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N. /兄弟姐妹,同胞/brother or sister

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simian

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ADJ. / 类人猿的,猿猴的/monkeylike

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simile

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N. /明喻;比较/comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

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simper

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V. /痴笑;傻笑/smirk; smile affectedly

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Simplistic

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ADJ. /过分单纯化的/oversimplified

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simulate

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V. /模仿;冒充/feign

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sinecure

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N. /闲职,挂名职务/well-paid position with little responsibility

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sinewy

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ADJ. /坚韧的,强壮有力的/tough; strong and firm

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singular

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ADJ. /独特的,非凡的,异常的/unique; extraordinary; odd

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sinister

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ADJ. /邪恶的,不祥的/evil

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sinuous

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ADJ. /蜿蜒的;错综复杂的;不老实的/winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

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skeptic

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N. /怀疑论者/doubter

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skiff

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N. /小船,单人小艇/small

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skimp

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V. /少给,克扣,节约使用/provide scantily; live very economically

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skinflint

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N. /吝啬鬼/stingy person; miser

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skirmish

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N. /小冲突/minor fight

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skulk

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V. /偷偷隐躲,藏匿/move furtively and secretly.

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slacken

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V. /放慢,松弛/slow up; loosen

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slag

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N. /矿渣;炉渣residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter

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slake

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V. /消除;抑制,解渴/quench; sate.

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slander

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N. /诽谤/defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

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slapdash

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ADJ. /匆促的,草率的/haphazard; careless; sloppy

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sleeper

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N. /长期不受人注意一举受人瞩目的人或事物;睡眠;/something originally of little value or importance

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sleight

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N. /技巧,戏法/dexterity

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slight

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N. /怠慢;轻蔑/insult to one’s dignity; snub

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slipshod

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ADJ. /不整饰的,懒散的,草率的;/untidy or slovenly; shabby

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slither

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V. /滑动,不稳地滑行/slip or slide

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slothful

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ADJ. /偷懒的/lazy

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slough

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V. /脱落/cast off.

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slovenly

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ADJ. /不修边幅的,懒散的/untidy; careless in work habits

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sluggard

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N. /偷懒者,游手好闲的人,一/lazy person

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sluggish

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ADJ. /行动迟缓的/,懒散的Slow; lazy; lethargic

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slur

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V. /含糊不清的讲/speak indistinctly; mumble

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slur

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N. /诽谤;中伤/insult to one’s character or reputation; slander

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smelt

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V. /溶解(矿石);熔炼(矿石)/melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition

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smirk

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N. /得意地笑/conceited sm

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smolder

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V. /闷烧;郁积burn without flame

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snicker

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N. /窃笑/half-stifled laugh

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snivel

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V. /流鼻涕;啜泣;哭诉/run at the nose; snuffle; whine

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sodden

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ADJ. /浸透的,(因沉迷于酒而)呆头呆脑的,麻木的/soaked; dull, as if from drink

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sojourn

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N. /逗留/temporary stay.

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solace

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N. /安慰/comfort in trouble

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solder

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V. /焊接/repair or make whole by using a metal alloy

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solecism

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N. /语法错误;谬误/construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically.

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solemnity

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N. /严肃的;庄严/seriousness; gravity

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solicit

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V. /恳求,乞求/request earnestly; seek

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solicitous

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ADJ. /焦虑的,挂念的/worried; concerned

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soliloquy

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N. /自言自语;独白/talking to oneself

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solitude

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N. /孤独,独居/state of being alone; seclusion

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soluble

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ADJ. /可溶解的;可解决的/able to be dissolved; able to be explained

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solvent

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ADJ. /有偿付能力的/able to pay all debts

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serrated

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adj 锯齿状的,有锯齿的 .having a sawtoothed edge

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solvent

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ADJ, 有偿付能力的 able to pay all debts

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solvent

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n 溶剂 ,substance that dissolves another

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sobriety

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n 清醒,严肃,冷静