sage(saga:传奇
- Sage is an herb used in cooking
- A man revered for his profound wisdom
- Profoundly wise or prudent
sagacious:睿智
A sagacious person is intelligent and has the ability to make good decisions
presage:预示着
If something presages a situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen
sapient:贤明的
wise or sagacious
conscience:良心 - Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong
- Conscience is doing what you believe is right even through it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous
- Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong
- If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong
conscientious:认真
Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work
ignore:忽略 - If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them
- If you say that an argument or theory ignores an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account
recognize 认出
- If you recognize someone or something, you know who that person is or what that thing is
- If someone says that they recognize something, they acknowledge that it exists or that it it true
- If people or organizations recognize something as valid, they officially accept it or approve of it
- When people recognize the work that someone has done, they show their appreciation of it, often by giving that person an award of some kind
cognizant 认知的
If someone is congnizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it
cognition:认知)
Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things
sanctimonious(devout:虔诚
If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people
devote:奉献
- If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it
- If you devote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speech to a particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time
pious:虔诚的
Someone who is pious is very religious and moral
piety:虔诚
Piety is strong religious belief, or behavior that is religious or morally correct
secret:秘密
- If something is secret, it is known about by only a small number of people, and is not told or shown to anyone else
- A secret is a fact that is known by only a small number of people, and is not told to anyone else
- If you say that a particular way of doing things is the secret of achieving something, you mean that it is the best or only way to achieve it
- Something’s secrets are the things about it which have never been fully explained
- If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing
- If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them
- If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly
sanctimony:伪善
pretend to have sanctity
sanctuary:保护区域 - A sanctuary is a place where people who are in danger from other people can go to be safe
- Sanctuary is the safety provide in a sanctuary
- A sanctuary is a place where birds or animals are protected and allowed to live freely
sanction:制裁 - If someone in authority sanctions an action or practive, they officially approve of it and allow it to be done
- Sanctions are measures taken by countries to restrict trade and official contact with a country that has broken international law
sacrosanct:神圣的
If you describe something as sacrosanct, you consider it to be special and are unwilling to see it criticized or changed
consecrate:奉献
When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecreated, they are officially declared to be a bishop
desecrate: 亵渎
If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it
shrine:参拜 - A shrine is a place of workship which is associated with a particular holy person or object
- A shrine is a place that people visit and treat with respect because it is connected with a dead person or with dead people that they want to remember
blaspheme:亵渎的话)
If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God’s name as a swear word
sanguine(ruddy:红润
If you are sanguine about something, you are cheerful and confident that things will happen in the way you want them to
sallow:蜡黄
If a person has sallow skin, their skin, especially on their face, is a pale yellowish colour and look unhealthy
sorrow:悲哀)
Sorrow is a feeling of deep sadness or regret