& M A £ A W ; IE £ £} X £ fa W: And
how is my
sainted sister? HcBPA^Ajfilfd# saint ly /'seintli/ adj. like a saint; very holy and good ffSAW; H.W: to lead a saintly life
?nW7tS ► saint-li-nessnoun [U]
saint’s
day noun (in the Christian
Church) a day of the year when a particular saint is remembered and on which, in some countries,
people who are named after that saint
have celebrations ( )
SAiAA
saith/se0/ (old use) = says at say sake1 /seik/ noun —
see also sake2 ITSTTCl for Christ’s, God’s, goodness’, heaven’s, pity’s, etc.
'sakeused
to emphasize that it is important to do sth or when you are annoyed about sth ( A )
A®/ T7T Do be
careful, for good
ness’ sake. MJj H/NlA 0 Oh, for
heaven’s sake!
A ! 0 For pity’s sake, help me! BE!
i:iaia Some
people find the use of Christ, God or heaven here offensive. WAiAA/JJfc&hffi
Christ, God heaven for sth’s sake because of the
interest
or value sth has, not
because of the advantages it may bring ]£T£^A#W0Ki: I believe
in education for its own
sake.
Wo 0 art for art’s sake A z^AW"£A for the sake of sb/sth | for sb’s/sth’s sake in order to help sb/sth or because you
like sb/sth ATS A ( ) &J*L; ®S
A
( I&S* ) WH&: They stayed together for the
sake of the children. A 7 ^ T, 0 You
can
do it. Please, for my
sake. i2.7
IT S it {$ W 0 A 7 7, lIATSo 0 I
hope you’re right, for all our sakes (= because this is important for all
of us). 7 # M 7 j&X'JlfcCl A^ClWo for the
sake of sth/of doing sth in order to get or keep sth A ) SI/:
The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of
accuracy. o She
gave up smoking for the
sake of her health. A Hit A H M 7
‘J® o 0 Don’t get married just for the sake of it. 7 Sc A it M £q M o 0 Let’s suppose, for the sake of
argument (= in order to have a discussion), that interest rates went up
by 2%. A 7 H/TArfe, AWiSTJAJ Ajf iti 7 2%
0 — more at old sake2 (also sak$ /‘sa:ki/ noun
[U] a Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice 0 AtiM — see also sake1 sa-laam/sa'laim/ verb [V, VN] (in some
Eastern countries) to say hello to sb in a formal way by bending forward from
the waist and putting your right hand on your FOREHEAD A @i IE A W , £
¥*8i#FlB33 ) ►sa laamnou/? salacious /sa'leijas/ adj. (formal) (of
stories, pictures, etc. ^ , ® Da ^)
encouraging sexual desire or
containing too much sexual
detail Mffi W; felt W ► sal- acious nessnoun [U]
Salad
O^/'saelad/
noun
1
[U, C] a mixture of raw vegetables such as lettuce,
tomato and cucumber, usually
served with other food as part of a meal (,£l£W ) MM'&ttL: All
main courses come with
salad or vegetables. ArWAHtP 0 Is
cold meat and salad OK for lunch?
0 a side salad
(= a small bowl of salad served with the main course of a meal) SdUfe t)L ( f^A-•iSIdH ) 0 a salad bowl (= a large bowl for
serving salad in) fe & Ik — see also Caesar salad, green salad 2 [C, U]
(in compounds 7j AS7isl) meat, fish, cheese, etc. served with salad (
#W ) M 'a fcfr it
: a chicken salad %%
3 [U, C] (in compounds J$; % 7 i^) raw or cooked
vegetables, etc. that are cut into small pieces, often mixed with mayonnaise and served cold with other food
(
Jfj
W ) potato
salad 0 a
pasta salad Mlk.%— see also fruit salad 4 [U] any green
vegetable, especially lettuce, that
is eaten raw in a salad ffifej&WWal ( ) : salad plants
your ‘salad days (old-fashioned) the time when you are
young and do not have much experience
oflifeA^AitWWAA;
| 1761
'salad cream noun [u] (BrE) a pale yellow sauce,
similar to mayonnaise, sold in
bottles and eaten on salads, in sandwiches,
etc.£!>i£ir 'salad dressing noun [u, C] = dressing(I) sala man der /'saelainaenda(r)/ noun an animal like a lizard, with short legs and a long
tail, that lives both on land and in water (= is an amphibian)
) — picture o page R29
sa-lami/sa'laimi/ noun [U, C] (pi. sa-lami^ a type of large spicy sausage served cold in thin slices
$*, )
sa lami slicing noun [U] (informal) the act of removing sth gradually by small amounts at
a time il^iWI&A
sal aried /'saelarid/ adj. 1 (of a person A)
receiving a salary if tK W : a
salaried employee 4Pi if A W AS M 2 (of a job X7) for which a
salary is paid #*£§? 7jt W: a salaried position TI/p-ffAWIRfv salary 0“w/'saelari/ noun (pi. -ie^ money that employees
receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people
working in an office, usually paid every month frit, ff/Jc ( Ajt j$A W ) : an annual
salary of $40 000 * 4 7j7GW¥§f
0
a 9% salary increase jjp §f 9% o She’s on
a salary of
£24 000. jet W §f & Ji 2.4 Jj
^ „ o He gets a basic
salary plus commission, life ^5 ^ S A Wr 7, 7 jJP 7 0 — compare wage o note at income
salary-man/'saelarimaen/ noun (pi. -men/-man/) (especially
in
)
1
[U, C] an act or the process of selling
sth ihU; fiH: regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 7
0 I haven’t made a
sale all week. 0 She gets 10%
commission on each sale. 10%
WAJ7o
2
sales [pi.] the number of
items sold H ft: Retail sales fell in November by 10%.
10%
0 0 Export sales
were up by 32% last year.
P
$1H if A: 7 32% 0 0 the sales figures for
May E A O a sales drive/campaign (= a special effort to sell more) 3 sales [U] (also
sales department^]) the part of a company that
deals with selling its products a
sales and marketing
director 0 She works in sales/in the sales
department. MAI^ nP77o 0 The Weldon Group
has a 6 000 strong sales force. 6000
AWfilir
PA
IE o 4 [C] an occasion when a
shop/store sells its goods at a lower price than usual # it IS H ; ^ dj H; A$tf/h The sale starts next week.
0 the January sales jcM AMtft 0 I bought a coat in
the sales. 0 sale
prices # 5 [C] an occasion when goods are sold, especially
an auction ( Ate ) a contemporary
art sale —see also car boot
Dt, & A A I? o 0 They’ve
put their house up for sale. itMTI W fk 7M7
f±i ^ o 0 an increase in the
number of stolen vehicles being offered for sale Tir A WM1&7 Wit/JP 0 a for sale’ sign on
'sale
1 available to be
bought, especially in a shop/ store (##jTi§J/£)tB1S, ±7fi: Tickets are on sale
from the booking office. 0 The new
model goes on sale next
month.
IfrifcT A ±T]T0 2 (especially NAmE, SAfrE) being offered at a reduced price #f jff ^ jft
UB ^: All video equipment is on sale today
and tomorrow. #f ft^^ &7 W A&ift Hi
W „ (on) .sale or re'turn(erf)
(of
goods ®i5n) supplied with the agreement that any item that is not sold can be
sent back without having to be paid for (
\iMU? A