Word List 9
本套词汇适合复习应试英语专业八级（TEM－8）的同学使用。我们根据教育部最新颁布的《高等院校英语专业全程通用词汇表》、《英语专业四、八级词汇表》（2004）和《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》等对专八词汇进行认真分析，并广泛听取了学校在长期专八辅导过程中搜集的学生意见和建议，出版了这本《英语专业八级核心词汇》，旨在更好地帮助在校英语专业高年级学生掌握英语词汇。下面是本单元的音频
语音讲解：
sentinel n 哨兵，卫兵 = lookout
【记】sent感觉，inel：要提高感觉的人→哨兵【参】sentry(n 哨兵)
【例】Though camped in enemy territory, Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting sentinels around the encampment.
sensuous adj.刺激感官的, 感觉官能的, 给感官以快感的 = sensual
【例】the sensuous appeal of her painting 她的画儿之使人赏心悦目 his full sensuous lips 他那丰满漂亮的嘴唇.
【记】sens = feel感觉
sensual adj. 肉体上享乐的; (常指)性快感的
【记】sens = feel感觉
【例】the sensual curves of her body 她体形的性感的曲线.
sensory adj.感觉的, 感官的
【记】sens = feel感觉
【例】sensory stimulus 感官刺激
sensor n.传感器
【记】sens = feel感觉
senile adj 年老的 = doddering
【记】sen = old老的，年长的。派生senility(n.高龄, 老迈年高, 老态龙钟)
【例】He keeps forgetting things: I think he's getting senile. 他总忘事, 我看他是老了.
seminal adj 有创意的 = originative；提供进一步发展的基础的
【记】semin(种子)＋al→种子的→有创见的【参】disseminate(播种，散布)
【例】Although Freud has generally been regarded as a seminal thinker who shaped the course of psychology, his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.
semblance n 外貌 = appearance; 相似
【记】sembl(相象)＋ance【参】resemble(相似), dissemble(掩饰)
【例】Although this book has a semblance of wisdom and scholarship, a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
semantic adj.<语>语义的，语义学的
self-willed adj.任性的, 顽固的 = willful
【例】a troublesome self-willed child 调皮捣蛋而又任性的孩子.
self-styled adj. 自封的; 自称的 = self-appointed
【记】style做动词是有“以某称号称呼某人或自己”的意思
【例】the self-styled leader of the sect, Mr Baker 自封为这一宗派领袖的贝克先生
self-restraint n.自制 = self-control
