英语四级单词及英文注释以S开头的单词(四)

　　story

　　No one believed the story of her life, so she changed it.

　　stove

　　The stove is broken so I cannot cook dinner.

　　straight

　　The road is straight, all the way across the desert.

　　strange

　　I saw some strange lights in the sky last night.

　　Our backyard is a strange place to see a deer.

　　Some of our customs seem strange to her.

　　street

　　Which street are you looking for?

　　stretch

　　They stretched the rope across the river.

　　His shoulders stretched the coat.

　　strike

　　He struck the baseball with the bat.

　　The workers are on strike for more money.

　　strong

　　The strong wind blew down some trees.

　　Even some of the strong trees were damaged.

　　structure

　　This picture shows the structure of a plant cell.

　　He will propose some changes in the structure of the organization.

　　The new structure will have offices on 14 floors.

　　struggle

　　He struggled to keep his company open.

　　The two boys struggled for no reason.

　　It is a great struggle just to get up in the morning.

　　Who were the boys in that struggle outside the school?

　　study

　　He studied for many years to become a doctor.

　　She studied the problem carefully before making her proposal.

　　stupid

　　You are not stupid, you have a learning problem.

　　There are no stupid people, only stupid mistakes.

　　subject

　　Everyone knows the subject of this meeting, so let us get started.

　　submarine

　　The submarine is in trouble at the bottom of the ocean.

　　substance

　　The new substance is a liquid that quickly changes to a solid when mixed with another chemical.

　　substitute

　　You can substitute this medicine for the one you have been using.

　　Jim is a substitute for Tom in todays game.

　　subversion

　　The three men are accused of subversion.

　　succeed

　　He succeeded in marrying her.

　　The team succeeded in winning every game that year.

　　such

　　She was surprised that they were interested in visiting such places.

　　Such people are never happy with their situation.

　　He had coins, keys, gum and such in his pockets.

　　sudden

　　All of us got wet during that sudden rainstorm.

　　Police made a sudden arrest in the case.

　　He made a sudden decision to retire immediately.

　　suffer

　　She suffered much before her death from cancer.

　　He suffered from depression when he did not use his medicine.

　　sugar

　　I would like sugar in my tea, please.

　　suggest

　　She suggested doing the job a different way.

　　summer

　　Most public schools are closed during the summer.

　　sun

　　Without the sun, life would not exist on Earth.

　　supervise

　　She supervises a health services office.

　　supply

　　The organization supplies food and clothing to poor people.

　　The store supplies workers with low cost uniforms and other work clothing.

　　The store has large supplies of uniforms in all sizes.

　　support

　　The walls support the weight of the house.

　　My helper supports the part while I connect it.

　　Her job is to support the other workers by agreeing with their decisions.

　　He supports them by approving their efforts to complete the work.

　　suppose

　　I suppose you are right.

　　It is supposed to rain tonight.

　　suppress

　　The government suppressed any attempt to end its control.

　　The government suppressed all reports of demonstrations.

　　sure

　　He believed he had a sure method of escape.

　　Everything she wrote was based on sure facts.

　　The government had sure proof that he did the crime.

　　surface

　　The rocket landed on the surface of the moon.

　　surplus

　　The United States had a big budget surplus.

　　That country has a trade surplus. It exports more than it imports.

　　surprise

　　Her friends surprised her with a party.

　　The party was a big surprise.

　　Her real surprise made everyone else as happy as she.

　　surrender

　　The robbers surrendered to police.

　　Germany surrendered to the allied powers to end the war in Europe.

　　surround

　　The house was surrounded by big trees.

　　Soldiers surrounded the enemy headquarters.

　　survive

　　No one survived when the plane crashed into the mountain.

　　suspect

　　Police suspected her from the beginning.

　　They questioned all the usual suspects.

　　suspend

　　The committee meeting was suspended because not enough voting members were there.

　　swallow

　　He swallowed the medicine.

　　swear in

　　The chief justice will swear in the president.

　　sweet

　　This fruit is very sweet.

　　swim

　　Can you swim across the river?

　　sympathy

　　You have our sympathy for your loss.

　　system

　　The office established a filing system so that we can find documents easily and quickly.

　　Our system of justice sometimes makes mistakes and punishes an innocent person.