<p class="ql-block">457. serious, boring and slightly old-fashioned (5)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】dull, tedious, uninteresting</p><p class="ql-block">【联】楼梯<<span style="font-size:15px;">空气 </span>+ 女仆(服务员)··害怕</p><p class="ql-block">【记】帮助/援助··突袭/突然搜查</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">458. stop developing or progressing; stay the same, do not change (8)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】stand still, remain in place</p><p class="ql-block">【联】舞台 + 参议院··提名··天生的</p><p class="ql-block">【记】巨头/大亨</p><p class="ql-block">【记】停滞(n.)<<span style="font-size:15px;">民族/国家</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">459. (of water or air) not flowing or moving, and smelling unpleasant; not growing, developing or changing (8)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】static, dead, stale, moribund</p><p class="ql-block">【联】舞台 + 怀孕的<span style="font-size:15px;"><蚂蚁</span></p><p class="ql-block">【记】愤怒的··讨厌的··恶性的</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">460. to walk very unsteadily as if to be going to fall; to shock or surprise sb very much; to arrange sth that would happen at the same time to happen at different times 错开 (7)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】totter, stumble, amaze, interlace</p><p class="ql-block">【联】舞台 + 板机/导火索··匕首</p><p class="ql-block">【记】大摇大摆地走/神气十足地走</p> <p class="ql-block">457. staid [steɪd]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】stair<air + maid··afraid</p><p class="ql-block">【记】aid··raid</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】The museum is trying to get rid of its staid image. In an attempt to change its staid image, the newspaper has created a new section aimed at younger readers. We think of the Puritans as staid people. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">458. stagnate [ˈstæɡneɪt]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】<span style="font-size:15px;">stage + senate··nominate··innate</span></p><p class="ql-block">【记】magnate</p><p class="ql-block">【记】stagnation<nation</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】Profits have stagnated. Taiwan's economy is likely to stagnate for a long time to come. The water in the pond was stagnating. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">459. stagnant [ˈstæɡnənt]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】stage + pregnant<ant</p><p class="ql-block">【记】indignant·repugnant·malignant</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】This water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant. Their national economy is stagnant. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">460. stagger [ˈstæɡər]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】stage + trigger··dagger</p><p class="ql-block">【记】swagger</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】He staggered a little under the weight of his backpack. They staggered out of the pub, completely drunk. The injured woman staggered to her feet. It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it. There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start. </span></p>