【核心词汇】DAY 54

你可能一直埋怨背单词枯燥

就算“枯燥”15分钟又怎样

成功的人并不是做了多少

而是每天都在坚持做

坚持本身就是一种成功

单词日历

Let's begin

spark [spɑ:k]

n. 火花，朝气，情人，俗丽的年轻人
vi. 闪烁，冒火花，热情回应
vt. 激发，引起，追求

参考例句

1 . The exhaust pipe shot sparks.

排气管中射出了火星。

2 . The vital spark in him makes him an artist.
他的生气勃勃的活力使他成为一个艺术家。

3 . There was a wild spark in his eyes.
他的两眼炯炯发光。

sophisticated [sə'fistikeitid]

词根 ：sophist诡辩+icate+d→老于世故的；精致复杂的

adj. 诡辩的，久经世故的，精密的，老练的，尖端的

参考例句

1.Happy birthday to an attractive, intellectual, sophisticated and all-round splendid person.

祝福一位美丽迷人，聪明大方，有教养又倍受赞叹的妙人儿，生日快乐！

2 . Nobody is as sophisticated as a boy of nineteen who is just recovering from a baby- grand passion.
谁也不会象十九岁的男孩子那么别扭，他是刚刚要从“大幼儿病”恢复过来的嘛。

3 .The electronics aboard the new aircraft are very sophisticated.
安装在新飞行器上的电子器件非常复杂

4 . As far as defense is concerned, we need to buy more sophisticated weapons.
就防御的观点来说，我们需要购买更多精密的武器。

sober ['səubə]

词根 ：读：骚吧－风骚的女人不会有节制和严肃的举止。

adj. 清醒的，沉着冷静的，稳重的，颜色暗淡的
vt. 使清醒，使沉着
vi. 清醒，冷静下来

参考例句

1 . Give her some black coffee that'll help to sober her up.

给她一些清咖啡－－让她清醒清醒。

2 . Please sober down a bit; I've got some important news for you.
请严肃点，我有重要消息要告诉你们。

3 . The bad news had a sobering effect on all of us.
对我们大家来说，这个坏消息是发人深省的。

4 . He is perfectly sober .
他根本没喝醉。

sound [saund]

n. 声音，吵闹，海峡，鱼鳔， 探针
v. 听起来，发出声音， 探测深度
adj. 健全的，健康的，可靠的，合理的
adv. 酣畅地

参考例句

1 . He's always sounding off about how he would manage the firm.

他总是大言不惭地说他能把公司经营好。

2 . I caught a curious sound in the neighboring room.
我听到隔壁房间里有奇怪的响声。

3 . They have got home safe and sound .
他们已平安到家。

s ow [sau]

v. 播种；散布；使密布
n. 母猪

参考例句

1 . Early sow , early mow.

[谚]早种早收。

2 . Our sow had 15 at one farrow.
我们的母猪一胎下了15个小猪。

3 . When will the sow farrow?
这头母猪何时产小猪?

4 . His words had sowed the seeds of suspicion in their minds.
他的话已在他们心中播下怀疑的种子。

sore [sɔ:]

adj.疼痛的；痛心的；恼火的；严重的
n.痛处；伤口

参考例句

1 . Don't get sore ; I didn't mean it!

别生气，我不是故意的！

2 . The poor dog was covered with sores .
这只可怜的狗满身全是伤。

3 . My legs are sore from all that running yesterday.
我的腿因为昨天跑步而感到酸痛。

soil [sɔil]

词根 ：so，journ＝journey（n /v 旅行）

n.土地；土壤；污物，粪便
v.弄污

参考例句

1 . He transplanted the seedlings into peaty soil .
他把幼苗移栽到含泥炭的土壤里。

2 . Fertile soil yields good crops.
肥沃的土地能种出好庄稼。

3 . This kind of soil contains much alkali.
这种土壤含碱丰富。

4 . The farmers in this area have to struggle to wrest a living from the infertile soil .
该地区的农民不得不在这块贫瘠的土地上挣扎谋生。

speculate ['spekjuleit]

词根 ：spec看+ulate→看准了→思考，投机

vt. 推测，好奇
vi. 深思，投机

参考例句

1 . Given this near total lack of knowledge, we cannot even begin to speculate about this world.
鉴于这种几乎完全缺乏知识，我们甚至不能开始猜测，对这个世界。

2 . To speculate on this question is a gain.
对这个问题进行思索就是一个收获。

3 . This is the method that we have been speculating about.
这正是我们一直在思考的方法。

sparkle ['spɑ:kl]

n. 闪耀，火花
v. 闪耀，冒火花

参考例句

1 . I like the sparkles in her eyes.
我喜欢她眼睛的光彩。

2 . The wet grass sparkles in the sun.
太阳使湿草闪闪发光。

sort [sɔ:t]

n. 种类，特征，方法
v. 分类，整理，使明确

参考例句

1 . I'll leave you to sort this problem out.
我把这个问题交给你来处理。

2 . She's been out of sorts since the birth of her baby.
她生了孩子以後身体一直不好。

3 . What sort of book do you want?
你要哪一类的书？

4 . Sort these eggs by size.
将这些蛋按大小分好。

spectacle ['spektəkl]

词根 ：spect看+acle→看的东西→眼镜→奇观；状观

n. 精彩的表演；壮观的场面；壮观的景象；奇特的现象

参考例句

1 . The children took in the spectacle open-mouthed.

孩子们张著嘴注视精彩表演。

2 .The celebrations provided a magnificent spectacle .
庆祝活动呈现一派宏伟的景象。

3 . The old man put on his spectacles and started reading.
老人戴上眼镜开始看书。

4 . I can't see things through your spectacles .
我和你的看法不同。

spill [spil]

v. 溢出，洒，使...流出，泄漏
n. 溢出，流
n. 木片，小杆

参考例句

1 . Don't jog me, or you'll make me spill something!

别碰我，不然我就把东西弄洒了。

2 . Put the cap back on the bottle, otherwise the juice will spill .
把瓶盖儿盖好，要不汁液就洒出来了。

spare [spɛə]

adj. 多余的，闲置的，备用的，简陋的
v. 抽出，饶恕，赦免，节约
n. 剩余，备用品

参考例句

1 . I can't spare him today we need everybody here.

我今天需要他－－我们需要人人都到齐。

2 . I can't spare you for that job; you must finish this one first.
我不能放你去做那件事; 你必须先把这件做完。

3 . The hotel staff spared no pains to ensure that our stay was as enjoyable as possible.
旅馆工作人员对我们照顾得无微不至，尽量让我们住得舒适，

4 . What do you like doing in your spare time?
你在闲暇时喜欢做什么？

sour ['sauə]

n.酸味；痛苦；讨厌的东西；苦事
v.恶化；酸腐
adj.酸的；有酸味的；酸腐的；馊的

参考例句

1 . What a sour