1.salvage:v. 1. 救助,營救2.回收利用
All attempts tosalvage the wrecked ship failed.(搶救失事船只的一切努力都失敗了。)
2.sanguine:a. 1.充滿希望的,樂觀的2.紅潤的
He seemed quite sanguine about his chances of success.(他看上去對成功的可能性十分樂觀。)
3.sap:n. 地下戰(zhàn)壕v. 暗中削弱,破壞
Lack of planning is sapping the company’s efficiency.(缺乏計劃正在削弱公司的效率。)
4.sardonic:a. 嘲笑的
She gave him a sardonic smile.(她朝他譏諷地笑了一笑。)
5.satiate:v. 1.充分滿足,使飽滿
The girl was sosatiated with bananas that she would not even look at one.(這女孩吃香蕉吃膩了, 見了它連看都不想看。)
6.savant:n. 學者,專家
7.savour:n. 1. 味道,風味2.情趣v. 品嘗,欣賞2.有某種跡象或痕跡
You need to savour this wine to get its full flavor.(要想充分體驗這種酒的醇美,你需要慢慢地去品嘗。)
8.scaremonger:n. 散布引起恐慌的消息的人
9.scathing:a. (評判等)嚴酷的,苛刻的
He made a scathing attack on the statement.(他對那聲明進行了嚴厲的抨擊。)
10.scatterbrain:n. 健忘的人
普通詞匯
1.eventuality:n. 可能發(fā)生的事
2.eviction:n. (租地、租房等的)收回,(租戶等的)驅逐
3.evince:v. 表現(xiàn)出,顯示
to evince interest(表示有興趣)
4.evocative:a. 引起回憶的
The taste of the cakes was evocative of my childhood.(這些蛋糕的味道喚起了我對童年的回憶。)
5.ewe:n. 母羊
6.exacerbate:v. 使加劇
The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain.(他們給她吃的藥只是加重了她的痛楚。)
7.exalt:v. 1. 使升高,提升2. 贊揚,吹捧3.(使)喜悅
She thanked the President to exalt her.(她感謝總統(tǒng)提拔她。)
8.excel:v. 1. 勝過,擅長于2. 突出
He excels all other composers of his period.(他勝過同時代的所有其他作曲家。)
9.exhort:v. 勸告,告誡
Heexhorted his elder.(他規(guī)勸長輩。)
10.exile:v. 流放,流亡n. 1. 放逐2.亡命者
The people of the country will exile the king to foreign country next month.(下個月, 這個國家的人民將把這個國王流放到國外去。)