sermon
布道，说教：public speech moral
serpentine
弯曲的：winding
serrate
锯齿状的：notched
serried
密集的：little space
servile
低下的，卑屈的：submissive, abject
severe
严厉的，要求严格的：exacting standards；难以承受的，艰难的：difficult to endure
shackle
束缚：restrictions；限制，阻碍：create difficulty
shadow
偷偷尾随：secretly trail；遮蔽，（使）变暗：gloomy
shallow
浅显的，浅薄的：lack of depth of understanding
sham
欺瞒：deceitfulness；掩饰，假装：present a false appearance；虚假的：fake
shiftless
胸无大志的，懒惰的：lacking ambition
shipshape
井然有序的：order
shirk
逃避，规避：keep away from
shoal
浅的：little depth
shopworn
陈旧的：worn-out
shred
少量：small amount
shrewd
精明的，机敏的：cleverness or judgment；刺骨的，强烈的：discomfort
shrink
（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
shroud
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
shrug
轻视，忽略：dismiss；脱下（衣物等）：rid
shun
避开，避免：keep away
sidestep
（通过逃避而）不遵守：avoid having to comply with
signal
（在重要性、成就方面）非同寻常的：standing above；给出信号：direct or notify
simpleton
（缺乏常识的）笨蛋：lacking in common sense
simulate
假装，模仿：take on the appearance；模拟：create a representation
sin
罪恶的事：highly reprehensible
sincere
真诚的，不做作的：without pretense
sinecure
美差：requires little or no work
sinew
活力，力量：vigorous strength
singe
轻微烧焦：burn superficially
sinuous
蜿蜒的，迂回的：irregular curves
sip
（尤指小口地）喝：swallow in liquid form
skeleton
骨架，框架：structural framework
skeptic
怀疑者：doubts, questions or disagrees
skimp
缺乏的，不足的：less plentiful；节省花费，吝啬：give insufficient funds
skirmish
小冲突，争论：minor
skirt
界限，边界：marks the outer limit；绕行，避开：go around
slack
松弛的：not tightly fastened；疏忽的，大意的：failing to give proper care
slake
使满足：satisfy
slant
（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
slate
列入名单，计划，安排：put on a list
slew
大量，许多：large amount
slight
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
sling
投掷：send through the air
slippery
光滑的：slide；隐秘的：acting in secret；意义不明确的：not precise in meaning
slipshod
粗心的，随意的：indifference to exactness, precision, and accuracy
sloppy
邋遢的，不整洁的：lacking neatness；混乱的：lacking in order
sloth
怠惰，懒惰：disinclination to action
slouch
懒人：lazy person；缓慢行走：move slowly
slovenly
邋遢的，不整洁的：lacking neatness
sluggard
懒人：lazy person
sluggish
缓慢的，迟缓的：slow in movement；迟钝的，反应慢的：slow to respond
slumber
睡着：sleep
slur
耻辱：mark of guilt；含糊地发音：indistinctly；疏忽，忽略：without due, consideration
sly
狡猾的：clever or cunning；隐秘的，偷偷的：acting in secret
smarmy
虚情假意的，过分恭维的：hypocritically
smart
反应敏捷的，聪颖的：sharp quick thought；整洁的：strikingly neat；感到疼痛，感到痛苦：suffer acutely
smattering
浅薄的知识：superficial knowledge；少量：small amount
smirk
（自鸣得意地）笑：offensively self-satisfied
smother
使窒息：killed by lack of air；抑制（表达，说出），压制：refrain
smug
自大的，自鸣得意的：opinion of oneself；整洁的，有序的：good order
smuggling
走私，私运：importation or exportation contrary to the law
snare
无法逃脱的困境：catches and holds；捕捉：capture by
snarl
纠缠，纠结：twist；咆哮，怒吼：to anger
sneer
（轻蔑地）嘲笑：scornful
snobbish
谄上傲下的，自大的：offensive air of superiority
snub
轻视，不理睬：contempt or neglect
soak
使...湿透：make thoroughly wet
sober
严肃的：serious-looking；节制的：restraint；有理有据的：sound reasoning
sodden
湿透的：penetrated by water；使...湿透：wet thoroughly
solace
安慰：comfort in sorrow；安慰，安抚：console
solder
连接，联合：unite
solemnity
庄严，严肃：solemn
solicitous
为他人操心的，体谅他人的：happiness of others；迫切的，渴望的：urgent desire
solid
固态的，坚固的：not easily yield to pressure；有理有据的：sound reasoning；坚定的，不迟疑的：not showing weakness
soliloquy
（尤指自言自语的）独白：without addressing a listener
solitude
孤独，避世：being alone
solvent
有偿付能力的：able to pay debts；溶剂：another substance is dissolved
somatic
肉体的：of the body
somber
昏暗的，无光的：shaded；悲伤的，不愉快的：lacking in cheer
somnolence
瞌睡，嗜睡：needing sleep
sonnet
十四行诗：14-line verse form
soothe
带来慰藉，安慰：bring comfort；使镇静，使安心：free from distress；弱化，缓解：less severe
sop
安慰物：placate or soothe；贿赂，回扣：improperly influence a person's conduct；浸湿，湿透：wet thoroughly
sophism
假推理，诡辩：deceptive argumentation
sophisticated
精明的，老于世故的：worldly knowledge or refinement；复杂的：complex
soporific
催眠的药剂，安眠药：induces sleep；催眠的：cause sleep；慵懒的，困倦的：sleepiness or lethargy
sordid
肮脏的，不干净的：not clean；卑鄙的：baseness
sound
牢固的，不可动摇的：withstand stress without structural damage；健康的，强壮的：free from injury；（逻辑）上严谨的：valid reasoning
sparse
稀疏的，稀少的：less plentiful
spartan
简朴的，节约的：simplicity
spat
（小的）争吵：quarrel
spate
突发的洪水：sudden flood；大量：large number
specific
特有的，独特的：exact sort；明确的：clearly expressed
specious
似是而非的，欺骗性的：false look of truth
speck
小点，少量：small amount
spectator
观众，目击者，旁观者：watches
spectrum
光谱，范围，系列：sequence or range
speculate
推测，揣测：take to be true；投机倒买：from market fluctuations
spendthrift
挥霍家，败家子：spends improvidently；挥霍的，不节俭的：spending money freely