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Question 1

sermon

Answer 1

布道，说教：public speech moral

Question 2

serpentine

Answer 2

弯曲的：winding

Question 3

serrate

Answer 3

锯齿状的：notched

Question 4

serried

Answer 4

密集的：little space

Question 5

servile

Answer 5

低下的，卑屈的：submissive, abject

Question 6

severe

Answer 6

严厉的，要求严格的：exacting standards；难以承受的，艰难的：difficult to endure

Question 7

shackle

Answer 7

束缚：restrictions；限制，阻碍：create difficulty

Question 8

shadow

Answer 8

偷偷尾随：secretly trail；遮蔽，（使）变暗：gloomy

Question 9

shallow

Answer 9

浅显的，浅薄的：lack of depth of understanding

Question 10

sham

Answer 10

欺瞒：deceitfulness；掩饰，假装：present a false appearance；虚假的：fake

Question 11

shiftless

Answer 11

胸无大志的，懒惰的：lacking ambition

Question 12

shipshape

Answer 12

井然有序的：order

Question 13

shirk

Answer 13

逃避，规避：keep away from

Question 14

shoal

Answer 14

浅的：little depth

Question 15

shopworn

Answer 15

陈旧的：worn-out

Question 16

shred

Answer 16

少量：small amount

Question 17

shrewd

Answer 17

精明的，机敏的：cleverness or judgment；刺骨的，强烈的：discomfort

Question 18

shrink

Answer 18

（在数量或价值方面）降低，减小：reduced；（使）本能性地退却（如因遇到使人惊恐的事物），（使）退缩：draw back；表示出不情愿，犹豫：hesitate

Question 19

shroud

Answer 19

隐蔽物，可起隐蔽、保护或屏护作用的物体：conceals, protects, screens；将…从视线中隔离，遮蔽：shut off from sight

Question 20

shrug

Answer 20

轻视，忽略：dismiss；脱下（衣物等）：rid

Question 21

shun

Answer 21

避开，避免：keep away

Question 22

sidestep

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（通过逃避而）不遵守：avoid having to comply with

Question 23

signal

Answer 23

（在重要性、成就方面）非同寻常的：standing above；给出信号：direct or notify

Question 24

simpleton

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（缺乏常识的）笨蛋：lacking in common sense

Question 25

simulate

Answer 25

假装，模仿：take on the appearance；模拟：create a representation

Question 26

sin

Answer 26

罪恶的事：highly reprehensible

Question 27

sincere

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真诚的，不做作的：without pretense

Question 28

sinecure

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美差：requires little or no work

Question 29

sinew

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活力，力量：vigorous strength

Question 30

singe

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轻微烧焦：burn superficially

Question 31

sinuous

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蜿蜒的，迂回的：irregular curves

Question 32

sip

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（尤指小口地）喝：swallow in liquid form

Question 33

skeleton

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骨架，框架：structural framework

Question 34

skeptic

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怀疑者：doubts, questions or disagrees

Question 35

skimp

Answer 35

缺乏的，不足的：less plentiful；节省花费，吝啬：give insufficient funds

Question 36

skirmish

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小冲突，争论：minor

Question 37

skirt

Answer 37

界限，边界：marks the outer limit；绕行，避开：go around

Question 38

slack

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松弛的：not tightly fastened；疏忽的，大意的：failing to give proper care

Question 39

slake

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使满足：satisfy

Question 40

slant

Answer 40

（看待问题、思考的）角度，看法：way of looking；倾斜的：slanting direction；歪曲（事实等）：create a wrong impression

Question 41

slate

Answer 41

列入名单，计划，安排：put on a list

Question 42

slew

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大量，许多：large amount

Question 43

slight

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不重要的：deficient in weight；轻微的：small in degree；轻蔑，看不起：treat with disdain；忽略，疏忽：fail to give proper attention

Question 44

sling

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投掷：send through the air

Question 45

slippery

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光滑的：slide；隐秘的：acting in secret；意义不明确的：not precise in meaning

Question 46

slipshod

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粗心的，随意的：indifference to exactness, precision, and accuracy

Question 47

sloppy

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邋遢的，不整洁的：lacking neatness；混乱的：lacking in order

Question 48

sloth

Answer 48

怠惰，懒惰：disinclination to action

Question 49

slouch

Answer 49

懒人：lazy person；缓慢行走：move slowly

Question 50

slovenly

Answer 50

邋遢的，不整洁的：lacking neatness