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spent
【考法 1】 adj. 精疲力竭的： drained of energy or effectiveness
【例】 After all that exertion, we were completely spent. 在完成所有的鍛煉之后我們已是筋疲力盡。
【近】 beaten, bleary, done, drained, enervate, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, prostrate, tired, wearied, worn-out
【反】 active, energetic, invigorated, peppy, strengthened, strong, tireless, vitalized, weariless 充滿活力的
spindly
【考法 1】 adj. 細長纖弱的： frail or flimsy in appearance or structure
【例】 I prefer having rather spindly legs. 我更希望有一雙細腿。
【近】 gangling, gangly, lanky, spindling
【反】 squat 矮胖的
spiny
【考法 1】 adj. 多刺的： bearingspines, prickles, or thorns
【例】 low spiny bushes of sage 低矮多刺的長滿鼠尾草的灌木叢
【近】 brambly, prickly, thorny
【反】 even, flat, plane, smooth 平滑的
【考法 2】 adj. 棘手的，麻煩的： requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
【例】 This promises to be a spiny problem to negotiate. 這有可能成為談判過程中棘手的問題。
【近】 catchy, delicate, difficult, knotty, problematic, sensitive, sticky, ticklish, thorny, tough, troublesome
【反】 easy, effortless, manageable, painless, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding 簡單的
spleen
【考法 1】 n. 怒氣，怨恨： feelings of anger or ill will often suppressed
【例】 She vented her spleen on her boyfriend and felt much better for having done so. 在她把怒氣一股腦地
傾瀉到她男朋友身上之后，她感覺好多了。
【近】 angriness, choler, furor, fury, indignation, ire, madness, outrage, rage, wrath
【反】 delight, pleasure 高興，愉悅
splice
【考法 1】 vt. 接合，疊接： to unite (as two ropes) by interweaving the strands, or to join (as two pieces of film) at the ends
【例】 He taught me to edit and splice film. 他教會我如何剪輯和疊合膠卷。
【近】 associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link, marry, unify
【反】 disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, divide, sever, split, sunder 分開
spontaneous
【考法 1】 adj. 自發的，不經思索的： acting or activated without apparent thought or deliberation
【例】 Hugging a crying child is simply a spontaneous reaction. 去抱一個哭泣的小孩是很自然而然的反應。
【近】 automatic, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, natural
【反】 calculated, deliberate, intentional, planned, predetermined, premeditated, studied 有計劃的，蓄意的
spoof
【考法 1】 n. 輕松幽默的模仿，小惡搞： a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
【例】 Many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing. 許多觀眾認為這則新聞報道被惡搞之后的作品才是真實的東西。
【近】 burlesque, caricature, mimicking, parody, travesty
【考法 2】 v. 誘騙，誘使相信： to cause to believe what is untrue
【例】 The public was spoofed by a supposedly plausible report of a UFO encounter.一個聽起來真實的 UFO 遭遇報告欺騙了大眾。
【近】 beguile, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, hoax, misguide, misinform, mislead, trick
【反】 disabuse, disenchant, disillusion, undeceive 使醒悟
sporadic
【考法 1】 adj. 偶爾的，零星發生的： not often occurring or repeated
【例】 On the whole, situation has significantly improved with only sporadic disturbances. 總體而言，局勢得到了明顯的改善，現在只有偶爾發生的騷亂。
【近】 few, infrequent, occasional, odd, rare, scarce, seldom, uncommon
【反】 frequent, habitual, repeated 時常發生的
sprawl
【考法 1】 vt. 雜亂無序地發展： to grow, develop, or spread irregularly and without apparent design or plan
【例】 The city sprawls down the whole coast. 城市順著整條海岸線蔓延。
【近】 ramble, scramble, straddle
【派】 sprawling adj. 蔓延的，不規則伸展的
sprightly
【考法 1】 adj. 活潑的，充滿活力的： full of spirit and vitality
【例】 He was deeply impressed by the sprightly Gypsy dance. 活力四射的吉普賽舞蹈給他留下了深刻印象。
【近】 active, airy, animated, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, kinetic, mettlesome, racy, spirited, vital, vivacious
【反】 dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, leaden, lifeless, listless, spiritless, vapid 沒精神的
v. 欺，騙，瞞
