高级英语 S词汇
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precisely ad. ---exactly, accurately; definitely, certainly, surely
conceivably ad. --- in a conceivable manner, imaginably, reasonably, easy to understand
marketable a. ---able to be marketed, salable; of buying or selling
beloved a. ---dear, precious, loved
manufacturing a. ---making by machine (especially on a large scale); producing
firm n. ---company, commercial business, corporation
odd a. ---strange; irregular; random; extra
grab at ---seize forcefully or violently
board v. ---to stay in a room in someone's house that you pay for; to stay at a school at night as
well as during the day
look someone in the eye ---look directly at someone without showing embarrassment, fear, or
shame
straighten out ---If you straighten out a confused situation, you succeed in getting it organized and
tidied up.
finances n. ---money management (including investment, banking, etc.); science of money
management
and all that ---and so on
natural n.---person with innate talent for a certain role (Slang)
pick out ---If you pick out someone or something, you recognize them when it is difficult to see
them, for example because they are among a large group.
discreetly ad. ---diplomatically, cautiously; modestly
replacement n. ---If you refer to the replacement of one thing by another, you mean that the second
thing takes the place of the first.
ask around ---If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
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rot v.---When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer
and is gradually destroyed.
ill-fitting a.---not the right size or shape
stain v.---If a liquid stains something, the thing becomes coloured or marked by the liquid.
chronic a. ---lingering, lasting (as of an illness); constant
corrective a. ---remedial, rectifying, improving
come off ---leave, fall apart
cracked a. ---An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
go up ---If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was.
sore a.---painful; sensitive; inflamed; hurting
devour vt. ---If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
attendance n. ---being physically present.Someone's attendance at an event or an institution is the
fact that they are present at the event or go regularly to the institution.
off and on ---occasionally, sometimes, now and then
enslave vt.
---make into a slave, subjugate, dominate. To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a
situation from which they cannot escape.
drip v. ---When liquid drips somewhere, or you drip it somewhere, it falls in individual small
drops.
wear away ---If you wear something away or if it wears away, it becomes thin and eventually
disappears because it is used a lot or rubbed a lot.
eat away ---If one thing eats away another or eats away at another, it gradually destroys or uses it
up.
