2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（43）

　　Settle vt.解决,调停;安排,安放;支付,结算;使安定

　　Settle vi.安家,安居;飞落,停留;安定

　　Please settle your accounts immediately, or we would have to take some legal action.请立即结清你所欠的帐, 否则我们得采取法律行为.

　　Some people like to travel around the world rather than settling down when they are young.有些人喜欢在年轻的时候环游世界,而不喜欢过安定的生活.

　　sophisticated a.老于世故的,老练的;精密的,复杂的;高雅的,有教养的

　　Most politician are very sophisticated.大部分的政客都非常老练.

　　The inner system of a spaceship is rather sophisticated.宇宙飞船的内部系统相当精密复杂.

　　speculated vi.推测,推断;投机,做投机买卖 vt.推测,推断

　　This detective story is boring,because you can speculate the ending in the beginning.这个侦探故事很没意思,因为刚开始看你能推断出它的结局.

　　Stretch vi.伸展,延续 vt.拉长,伸展;使倾注全力,使紧张

　　Stretch n.一段时间,一段路程,连绵的一片;伸展,延伸,延续

　　I stretched to relax after working for a whole day.工作了一整天,我伸了个懒腰放松一下.

　　Having been washed,the sweater was stretched out of shape.洗过以后,这件毛衣被拉长变了形.

　　Can you work eight hours at a stretch?你能连续工作八小时吗?

　　Surplus n.剩余,过剩,盈余 a.过剩的,多余的

　　Brazil has a big surplus of coffee.巴西有很多剩余的咖啡.

　　Karl Marx initiated the theory of surplus value in 1840. 1840年,卡尔.马克思首先提出了他的剩余价值的理论.

　　Sweep v.扫,打扫,拂掠过, 吹,冲;快速移动;

　　Sweep 迅速传播打扫,挥动

　　After Chinas entry to WTO,foreign-made cars and consumer electronics are likely to sweep into the domestic market.在中国入世之后,外国产 汽车和电子消费品可能会扫荡国内市场.

　　Many bridges were swept away by the flood.洪水冲断了很多桥梁.

　　Sympathy n.同情,同情心;支持,赞同

　　We should have sympathy for people in difficulty.我们对处于困境中的人们要有同情心.

　　sympathetic a.同情的,体谅的赞同地,支持的;和谐的合意的

　　I feel sympathetic to my friend who is suffering.我对遭到不幸的朋友十分同情.

　　We work best in a sympathetic atmosphere.我们在一种和谐的气氛中工作效率最佳.

　　Tackle vt.对付,处理;与交涉;阻截,擒抱

　　Tackle n.阻截;用具,钓具;轱辘,滑车

　　The police spent a long time tacking the hacker who ruined the network.警方花了很长时间对付那个毁坏了电脑网络的黑客

　　People with strong social ties appear better able to tackle major life changes and daily hassles.拥有密切社会关系的人们似乎能够更好地应付生活的重大变化和日常困难.