英语专八核心词汇学习:S开头的单词5
2011-04-09来源:互联网
1.self-effacing:a. 谦逊的
She's brilliant but self-effacing.(她才华横溢而不露锋芒.)
2.self-opinionated:a. 固执己见的,刚愎自用的
He is far too self-opinionated to yield to argument.(他太固执己见的,不肯听从劝说。)
3.self-possessed:a. 沉着的,有信心的
She appeared composed and self-possessed before the large audience. (在大批观众面前,她显得很沉着安详。)
4.semblance:n. 外表,外观,相似
5.seminal:a. 1. 种子的,精液的 2. 对以后发展有巨大影响的
Her theories were seminal for educational reform. (她的理论对教育改革影响很大.)
6.senile:a. 衰老的
Senile dementia patients aren't completely out of their minds.(老年痴呆患者是不能控制自己的思想的.)
7.sepulchre:n. 坟墓
8.sexism:n. 性别歧视
9.shapely:a. (指女子身材)漂亮的,匀称的
10.shatter:v. 粉碎,损毁
The stone shattered the windscreen.(石头砸碎了挡风玻璃。)