2018考研英语常考熟词僻义单词（110）

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　　straight adj直率的He is straight in his dealings.他待人接物正直老实。

　　strain n口吻,语气;笔调;情调[C]He wrote letters in a happy strain. 他用欢快的笔调写信。

　　旋律，曲调From within the flat could be heard the strains of country and western music.

　　可以听到从公寓里面传来的乡村和西部音乐的旋律。

　　性格, 倾向, 气质, He has a strain of melancholy in him.他有点忧郁的气质。

　　(人的)血缘,世系;种,族[C] The Irish strain in him makes him like jokes.他的爱尔兰血统使他喜欢诙谐。

　　stream n潮流;趋势[S1]He always goes with the stream. 他总是顺应潮流。

　　把学生按智力等分班The school streams pupils into three classes.学校按智力把学生分成三个班。

　　vt(头发、衣服等)飘扬，招展Her black cloak streamed behind her.她黑色的斗篷在身后飘舞。

　　streamline vt(喻)精简，简化(机构，体系);使效率提高We must streamline our methods.我们必须简化方法。

　　strength n(团体的，尤指球队或军队的)实力，人数; 强度; 浓度;力量;

　　The peacetime strength of the army was 415,000.那支军队和平时期的人数是415,000。

　　the political and military strength of European governments.欧洲政府的政治和军事实力。

　　The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。

　　Many people find strength in religion.许多人从宗教中找到力量。

　　stretch n困难的任务;苛求的任务It was a stretch for me sometimes to come up with the rent.交租金对我有时是一件难事。

　　滥用,曲解She stretched the rules in favor of herself. 她为了利己目的曲解法规。

　　vi回溯His memory stretches back to his early childhood.他回想起自己的童年。

　　strike vt打动,感动,给...以印象[(+as)]That play struck me as silly.那出戏给我印象很无聊。

　　(尤指偶然)发现;想到Pondering, she struck upon a brilliant idea.沉思了一下，她突然想到一个绝好的主意。

　　string vt挂，吊Lights were strung across the promenade.步行街上横挂着一溜溜灯火。

　　(非正式，主北美)欺骗，戏弄，愚弄I'm not stringing you—I'll eat my shirt if it's not true.

　　我不骗你。如果不是真的，我就把衬衫吞下去。

　　当特约记者He strings for almost every French radio service.他几乎为每一家法国电台当特约记者。

　　adj紧张的，不安的I often felt strung out by daily stresses.我由于日常压力经常感到紧张不安。

　　stumble vi(说话、演奏等)出错He stumbled over every sentence.他讲每句话都结结巴巴。

　　失足,犯错误;步入歧途[(+into)]The waiter stumbled several times over our order.那位侍者好几次弄错了我们点的菜。

　　stumbled across意外发现;偶然遇见I stumbled across an old school friend today.我今天偶然碰到了一位老校友。

　　stun vt 给…留下极深的印象This film stunned the movie world in 1955.那部影片在1955年给电影界留下极深的印象。

　　subscribe vi(喻)同意(观点，建议)We prefer to subscribe to an alternative explanation.我们更赞同另一种解释。

　　substance n根据;本旨,主旨;要义;真义[U] 财产,财物[U]

　　The claim has no substance.这断言没有根据。

　　The substance of his speech was that he was better than the other candidates.

　　他演说要义就是:他比其他候选人更好。

　　Later he became a man of substance. 后来,他成为有大量资产的人。

　　suggest n表明显示【真题例句】Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles reacted smore exuberantly to funny cartons than d id those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggest that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around. 【2011年完型】结果那些被迫锻炼他们笑肌的人比那些罪行收缩的犹如紧皱的眉毛般的人对滑稽的卡通画册反应更为强烈。

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