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英语专八核心词汇学习:S开头的单词5

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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。)