5816.spot(名)地點；斑點(動)散布；發現
(名): The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed roport made on the spot.
有關這場火災的新聞隨后有詳細的現場報導。
(動): They were spotted by the police as they were entering the bank．
他們進入銀行時被警方發現了行蹤。

5817.spouse(名)配偶
The immediate family consists of spouse and children．
直系親屬包括配偶和子女。

5818.spray(動)噴灑、濺散
A cloud of the spray came up from the waterfall．
飛瀑濺起一片水霧。

5819.spread(動)散播、擴展(名)擴展
不規則變化spread,spread
(動):The bird spread its wings.
鳥展開翅膀。
(名):Shut doors to delay the spread of fire.
把門關上以延緩火勢的蔓延。

5820.square(名)正方形；廣場(形)四方的
(名):There is a fair in the town square.
市中心廣場有個市集。
(形):It's a square box.
這是一個正方形的盒子。

5821.squarely(副)正方形地；正直地
He stood squarely in front of them, blocking the entrance.
他就對著他們站在那里，擋住入口。

5822.squirrel(名)松鼠
The squirrel stores nuts in its burrow.
小松鼠將干果貯藏在地洞里。

5823.stab(動)(名)刺、戳
(動):He was stabbed to death in a racist attack．
他遭到種族主義者的襲擊，被刺死了。
(名):She felt a sudden stab of pain in the chest.
她胸部突然感到一陣劇痛。

5824.stability(名)安定、穩定性
Political stability essential to economic prosperity.
政治穩定對經濟繁榮是必要的。

5825.stable(形)安定的、牢固的、穩定的
This ladder doesn't seem very stable.
這架梯子好像不太穩。

5826.stack(名)推
There's a stack of unopened mail watting for you at the house．
家里有一大堆信等你拆呢。

5827.staff(名)全體職員
不可數
The teaching staff of this college is excellent.
這所大學的教師都是出類拔萃的。

5828.stair(名)樓梯
The master's room is upstairs,but to get to the library you must go down stairs.
校長的房間在樓上，但是到圖書館你必須下樓。

5829.stall(名)攤位；牛舍
How comes nobody is coming to our stall?
為什么沒有人要來我們攤位？

5830.standard(名)標準(形)標準的
(名)：We aim to maintain high standards of customer care．
我們的宗旨是始終以高標準為顧客服務。
(形):A standard letter was sent to all candidates．
寄一封標準函給所有求職者去。

5831.standardize(動)使標準化
Efforts to standardize English spellings have not been completely successful．
將英語拼寫標準化的努力并不完全成功。

5832.standpoint(名)觀點、立場
It's time for the political opponents of the government to stand up from his standpoint.
他認為是到了政府的政敵們出來表明立場的時候了。

5833.standstill(名)停頓
Everything is at a standstill now．
現在一切都停止了。

5834.staple(動)用釘書機釘
The letter was stapled to the other documents in the file．
這封信與案卷里的其他文件釘在一起。

5835.starve(名)餓，挨餓
同義詞hunger
The animels were left to starve to death．
那些動物只能等著餓死。

5836.state(名)狀態(動)陳述
(名):A report condemned the state of pridsoner's cells.
一篇報導對牢房的狀況進行了抨擊。
(動):The facts are clearly stated in the report.
報導對事實真相作了清楚的說明。

5837.statement(名)陳述
He can not tell the difference between true praise and flattering statements made only to gain his favor．
他不能分辨真正的贊揚和只是為討他歡心的奉承。

5838.statesman(名)政治家
He has the quality of a statesman.
他有政治家的特性。

5839.static(形)靜止的、停滯的
The balancs sheet provides a static picture of the financial pasition at a point in t time.
資產負債表反映出某一時間的財務狀況。

5840.station(名)車站
I get off at the next station.
我在下一站下車。

5841.stationary(形)不動的、靜止的
One continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it．
一塊大陸靜止不動，另一塊大陸漂離它而去。

5842.steadily(副)穩定地
The situation got steadily worse．
局勢逐漸惡化。

5853.steady(形)穩定的、穩固的
同義詞constant
He did not have a steady hand with the razor.
他的手拿不穩剃刀。

5854.steadfast(形)堅定的
Happiness is not steadfast, but transient.
幸福不長久。

5855.stem(動)起源于……；由……而造成
The present strikes wave stems from discontant among the lower-paid.
當前的罷工浪潮起因于低工資雇員的不滿情緒。

5856.step(名)腳步(動)走
(名):We heard steps outside.
我們聽見外面有腳步聲。
(動):I stepped forward when my name was called out.
我聽見我的名字時便向前邁了一步。