standstill n.静止,停顿
Population growth in the Northeast and Midwest reaches a near standstill(n.).[1998年阅读]
[译文](美国)东北部和中西部的人口已接近零增长。
stark a.刻板的,完全的;ad.完全地
The problem is simple and stark (a.①):health-care costs have been,are,and will continue to increase faster than government revenues.[2005年阅读]
[译文]问题简单而又显而易见,那就是,健康福利的支出过去、现在和将来都会比政府税收增加得快。
statistics n.统计学,统计表
This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in,a fact underlined by statistics(n.) that show that out of eighty European television networks,no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.[2005年翻译]
[译文]这一点就足以证明,要在电视行业里生存下来并非易事,统计数字尤其说明了这一事实,在80个欧洲电视网中,多达一半在1989年亏损。
stepladder n.活梯
Today,stepladders (n.) carry labels several inches long that warn,among other things,that you might?surprised!?fall off.[1999年阅读]
[译文]现在,梯子上警告标签有几英寸长,除了警告你其他可能发生的意外情况外,还警告你可能会摔下来,简直是莫名其妙!