Seek: look for 尋找

POLICE sEEK WITNESS TO KILLING 警方尋找兇殺案的證人

seize: take (especially in police and customs searches)  (尤指警察與海關(guān)部門在檢查中)沒收，查獲

POLICE SEIZE ARMS AFTER CAR CHASE 警車追擊截獲武器

￡3M DRUGS SEIZED AT AIRPORT 機(jī)場(chǎng)截獲毒品  價(jià)值300萬(wàn)英鎊

set to: ready to；about to 作好準(zhǔn)備；即將

INTEREST RATES SET TO RISE利率即將上調(diào)

shed: get rid of 弄掉，除去

BRITISH gAIL TO SHED 5，000 JOBS英國(guó)鐵路系統(tǒng)將裁員5,000

slam: criticise violently嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)，抨擊

BISHOP SHAMS DEFENCE POLICY主教抨擊防務(wù)政策

slash: cut, reduce drastically壓縮，大幅度減少

GOVERNNfENT TO SLASH HEALTH EXPENDITURE政府將大幅度削減公共衛(wèi)生支出

slate: criticise批評(píng)，非難

PM SLATES BISHOP首相批評(píng)主教

slay: (US) murder(美國(guó)英語(yǔ))謀殺，殺害

FREEWAY KILLER SLAYS SIX高速公路，一歹徒殺害6人

slemp: fall (economic) (經(jīng)濟(jì)方面)跌落，衰退

EXPORTS SLUMP出口回落

CITY FEARS NEW SLUMP本市害怕新的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退

snatch: rob, robbery搶劫

BIG WAGES SNATCH IN WEST END倫敦西區(qū)發(fā)生重大搶劫工資案

soar: rise dramatically猛增

IMPORTS SOAR FOR THIRD MONTH連續(xù)3個(gè)月進(jìn)13劇增

spark: cause to start引起，導(dǎo)致

REFEREE’S DECISION SPARKS RIOT裁判的決定引起騷亂

split: disagree(ment)分裂，意見不一致

CABINET SPLIT ON PRICES POLICY 內(nèi)閣在物價(jià)政策上意見分歧

spree: wild spending expedition  突擊花錢，大肆揮霍

BUS DRIVER SPENDS ￡30,000 IN THREE-DAY CREDIT CARD SPREE 某公交司機(jī)持信用卡突擊購(gòu)物3天花掉3萬(wàn)英鎊

stake: financial interest 股本，股份

JAPANESE BUY STARE IN BRITISH AIRWAYS  日商購(gòu)買英航股份

storm: angry public disagreement (政治、社會(huì)等方面)風(fēng)暴，大動(dòng)蕩

STORM OVER NEW STRIKE LAW 新罷工法引起風(fēng)潮

storm out of: leave angrily 憤怒地沖出

TEACHERS’LEADERS STORM OUT OF MEETING 教師方面的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人氣沖沖地離開會(huì)場(chǎng)

stun: surprise, shock 使發(fā)愣；震驚

JOBLESS FIGURES STUN CITY 失業(yè)數(shù)字使全市震驚

surge: sudden increase；rise suddenly 突然上升；猛增

SURGE IN JOBLESS FIGURES 失業(yè)人數(shù)猛增

swap: exchange 交換

HEART SWAP BOY BETTER 接受心臟移植的男孩病情好轉(zhuǎn)

sway: persuade 使傾斜，影響

HOSPITAL PROTEST SWAYS MINISTERS 醫(yī)院的抗議對(duì)部長(zhǎng)們產(chǎn)生影響

switch: to change；a change 改變；變化

DEFENCE POLICY SWITCH 防務(wù)政策上的變化

swoop: to raid；a police raid 搜捕；突然搜查

POLICE IN DAWN SWOOP ON DRUGS GANG 警方清晨搜捕販毒集團(tuán)

threat : danger 威脅，危險(xiǎn)

TEACHERS’STRIKE THREAT 老師方面發(fā)出罷工威脅

toll: number killed 死亡人數(shù)

QUAKE TOLL MAY BE 5,000 地震死亡人數(shù)可能升至5，000

top: (adj) senior, most important 地位高的，最重要的

TOP BANKER KIDNAPPED 金融巨頭遭綁架