72.secure a.安全的,平安的
They stayed in a castle secure from attack.他们呆在一座受不到攻击的城堡里。
She is said to have got a secure job in a big firm.据说她在一家大公司得到一份稳定的工作。
v.保护
The policemen secured the camp against attack.警察保护营地不受攻击。
They’ve considered ways to secure the leaning tower.他们已经考虑了保护那座倾斜的宝塔的方法。
73.senior a.年长的,资深的,高年级的
My boss is ten years senior to me.我的领班比我年长十岁。
She is senior to me, as she joined the company before me.她进公司比我早,因此资格比我老。
Ours is a senior middle school.我们学校是高中。
74.sensitive a.敏感的
She is rather sensitive to cold.她对冷很敏感。
The Stock Exchange is sensitive to political changes at home and abroad.证券交易市场受国内外的政治变化影响很明显。
75.shallow a.浅的,不深的,肤浅的
What I need is a shallow dish.我要的是个浅盘。
The water in the river is shallow enough for children to swim in.河水很浅孩子们游泳没有问题。
He was considered a shallow writer.他被看成是个肤浅的作家。
76.shelter n. ①掩蔽
The trees gave them some shelter from the wind.那些树给他们挡住了风。
The farmer found shelter from the heavy rain in a cave.农夫在一个山洞里躲雨。
②隐蔽处
He’s afraid to go out of his shelter by day.白天他不敢走出藏身之处。
New bus shelters are being built in the town.小镇上正在建设一些公共汽车候车亭。
77.specific a. ①详细的,明确的
Can you be a little more specific, please? 请你说得再明白些好吗?
What are your specific aims in your life? 你的明确的生活目标是什么?
②特定的
We’re offered specific tools for each job.做每件工作都给我们提供了专门的工具。
The money is to be used for one specific purpose: the building of the new hospital.这些钱只能花在特定的用途上:那就是建新医院。
78.spot n. ①斑点,污点
I bought my daughter a white skirt with red spots.我给女儿买了条带红点的白裙子。
Can you explain the spots of mud on your trousers? 你能够解释你裤子上的泥点是怎么回事吗?
②场所,地点
This is the very spot where she was killed.这就是她被杀害的地方。
Don’t you think it is a nice picnic spot? 你难道不认为这是个野餐的好去处吗?
v.沾上污渍,弄脏
Clean the desk spotted with red ink, please.请把被红墨水弄脏的课桌擦干净。
I wouldn’t like the material that spots easily.我不喜欢这样容易沾上污渍的布料。
79.staff n.全体职员
Our school’s teaching staff is excellent.我们学校的教师队伍很棒。
Is your wife on the staff of the new college,too? 你妻子也是新学校的一个员工吗?
80.stress n. ①压力,紧张
The heavy tractors put stress on the stone bridge.沉重的拖拉机给石桥以很大压力。
My husband is under stress because he’s too much work to see to in his business.我丈夫压力很
大,因为他有很多生意上的事情要处理。
②重音
Which syllable is the stress on in this word? 这个单词重音在哪个音节?
Rhythm and stress are both very important in speaking English.节奏和重读在说英语时都很重
要。
v.强调
The manager often stresses the need for careful spending.经理经常强调支出必须很慎重。
She stressed the point that everything being discussed at the meeting should be kept secret.她强调一点就是会议上讨论的任何事情都要保密。
81.tend v. ①倾向,趋向
It tends to be snowing at this time of year.每年的这个时候天该下雪了。
The doctor tends to get angry if you ask her more questions.你要再问她更多问题那个大夫该发火了。
②照顾,照料
Her mother tends her during her illness.她生病期间妈妈照顾她。
How comes the nurses tending the patient fall ill one after another? 照料那位病人的护士怎么会一个接一个生病呢?