scion
【考法 1】 n. 子孙: descendant, child
【例】 scion of a railroad empire 铁路大王的后代
【反】 ancestor 前辈
scission
【考法 1】 n. 切断,分离,分裂: a division or split in a group or union: schism
【例】 The scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power 工会内部的分裂会削弱工人讨价的力量
【近】 bifurcation, cleavage, dissolution, division, partition, schism, sundering
【反】 unification, union 统一
scoff
【考法 1】 vt. 嘲笑: to treat or address with derision: mock
【例】 scoffed at the idea 对这个提议不屑一顾
【考法 2】 v. 狼吞虎咽: to swallow or eat greedily
【例】 scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game 风卷残云般把晚饭消灭了,就直奔向篮球场
【近】 cram, devour, glut, gorge, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven
scorch
【考法 1】 vt. 炙烤,烘干: to burn on the surface; to make dry
【例】 scorching sun 火辣辣的太阳
【近】 dehydrate, desiccate, parch, sear, singe
【反】 dampen, hydrate, wash, water, wet 使潮湿
scorn
【考法 1】 vt. 轻蔑,鄙视,不屑: reject or dismiss as contemptible or unworthy
【例】 They were scorned as fanatics. 他们被指责为狂热分子。
【近】 despise, disregard, flout, contemn, disdain, slight, look down (on or upon)
【反】 adulate; venerate, honor, respect, revere 谄媚;尊敬
scotch
【考法 1】 vt. 停止: to put an abrupt end to
【例】 The prime minister scotched the rumors of her illness. 首相出面澄清了关于她死亡的谣言。
【近】 hinder, thwart
scour
【考法 1】 vt. 用力擦洗: to clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously
【考法 2】 vt. 搜查: to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
【例】 the police scoured the city for the criminal 警方全城搜索罪犯
【近】 comb, dig through, dredge, hunt through, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, sort through, troll
scowl
【考法 1】 vi. 皱眉(表现出不高兴): to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
【例】 scowled down at the misbehaving child 对淘气的孩子皱起了眉
【近】 frown, pout, glare, gloom, glower, lower
【反】 beam, grin, smile 微笑(表示高兴)
scrappy
【考法 1】 adj. 好斗的,好吵架的: having an aggressive and determined spirit,quarrelsome
【例】 She was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size.这个妹子好打斗,但是身材娇小,不过这很可能是原因
【近】 aggressive, assaultive, combative, militant, pugnacious, truculent
【反】 nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative,, timorous 胆小的,爱好和平的
scrap
【考法 1】 n. 废料,废物: discarded or useless material
【例】 The rest of this stuff is just scrap, so sweep it up and throw it away. 剩下的这堆东西都是没用的,把它们打扫一下就扔了吧。
【近】 chaff, debris, dreck, dross, dust, effluvium, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, waste
【考法 2】 vt. 抛弃: to get rid of as useless or unwanted
【例】 We've decided to scrap the first car. 我们决定丢弃第一辆车。
【近】 ditch, dump, jettison, junk, toss, throw away
【反】 retrieve 找回
【考法 3】 v. 终止,放弃原计划: to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
【例】 We scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague. 我们取消了去巴黎的计划,第二天启程奔赴布拉格。
【近】 abandon, abort, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, call off, cry off
【反】 continue, keep 继续,持续
n. 废止,撤消
v. 废止,撤消