scuffle V. /徘徊(思考问题);混战/struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry. The twins briefly scuffled, wrestling
to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled, "Let go of my
Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall. scurrilous ADJ. obscene; indecent. Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
scurry V. /轻快的;活泼的移动/move briskly. The White Rabbit had to scurry to get to his appointment on time.
scurvy ADJ. /下流的;卑鄙的，无理的;坏血病/despicable; contemptible. Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy
crew.
scuttle V. /迈着碎步轻快的走/scurry; run with short, rapid steps. The bug scuttled rapidly across the floor. scuttle V. /沉没/sink. The sailors decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
seamy ADJ. /丑恶的;露出嘴脸的/sordid; unwholesome. In The Godfather, Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his
wife and children to the seamy side of his life as the son of a Mafia don.
sear V. /烤焦，凋谢，干枯/char or burn; brand. Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly. seasoned ADJ. /老练的/experienced. Though pleased with her new batch of rookies, the basketball coach wished she
had a few more seasoned players on the team.
secession N. /撤退;脱离/withdrawal. The secession of the Southern states provided Lincoln with his first major
problem after his inauguration. secede, V.
seclusion N. /隔离/isolation; solitude. One moment she loved crowds; the next, she sought seclusion. seclude,V. secrete V. /隐匿;藏匿;分泌/hide away; produce and release a substance into an organism. The pack rat secretes odds
and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans.
sect N. /宗教，教派/separate religious body; faction. As university chaplain, she sought to address universal religious
issues and not limit herself to concerns of any one sect.
sectarian ADJ. /宗派主义的;地区主义的;宗派主义者;狭窄的/relating to a religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded;
limited. Far from being broad-minded, the religious leader was intolerant of new ideas, paying attention only to purely sectarian interests. sect. N.
secular ADJ. /世俗的;现世的;永久的/worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal. The church leaders decided not
to interfere in secular matters.
sedate ADJ. /安静的;稳重的;低沉的/composed; grave. The parents were worried because they felt their son was too
quiet and sedate.
sedentary ADJ. /久坐的;坐惯的/requiring sitting. Disliking the effect of her sedentary occupation on her figure, Stacy
decided to work out at the gym every other day.
sedition N. /抵抗当局;反抗;暴动/resistance to authority; insubordination. His words, though not treasonous in
themselves, were calculated to arouse thoughts of sedition.
sedulous ADJ. /勤奋的;勤勤恳恳的/diligent; hardworking. After weeks of patient and sedulous labor, we completed our
detailed analysis of every published SAT examination.
seedy ADJ. /破烂不堪的;褴褛的;不合适的/run-down; decrepit; disreputable. I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a
decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a seedy downtown hotel.
seemly ADJ. /适宜的，合适的/proper; appropriate. Lady Bracknell did not think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper
family: no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to be a fit match for her daughter.
seep V. /渗出;渗漏/ooze; trickle. During the rainstorm, water seeped through the crack in the basement wall and
damaged the floor boards. seepage, N.
seethe V. /扰乱的;沸腾/be disturbed; boil. The nation was seething with discontent as the noblemen continued their
arrogant ways .
seismic ADJ. /地震的/pertaining to earthquakes. The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.
seminary N. /神学院;学院;发祥地/school for training future ministers; academy for young women. Sure of his priestly vocation, Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic seminary.
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