It is four o'clock.In the afternoon, Mrs.Sawyer usually drinks tea in the living room.But this afternoon, she is drinking tea in the garden.
現在是4點鐘,下午,索耶夫人通常是在客廳里喝茶,但今天下午,她正在花園里喝茶。
新概念英語第一冊
Lesson 57 An unusual day
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 下午;后期,后部;
?? after之后+noon中午 → 午后,下午
"in the late afternoon"
傍晚
近義:evening, p.m., postmeridian
反義:awakening, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, matinal
adv. 通常,經常,平常,慣常地;一直,向來;動不動,一般;素;
?? usual通常的+ly副詞后綴→通常地,慣常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認為,蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀發明的。
近義:invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反義:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 活(著)的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;(按照規矩)管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活,生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義:livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義:inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 鐘,時鐘;計時器;秒表;儀表;
vt. 記錄(時間或速度);測…的速度;
vi. 打卡;記下時間;
?? cock(公雞)+l:模仿公雞的象聲詞,都是叫人起床- 鐘表 鬧鐘(c)上鎖(lock),不然亂鬧
"I set the alarm clock for 7 o'clock."
我把鬧鐘定在7點鐘鬧響。
近義:time, timepiece
n. 房間;空間;余地;房間里所有的人;
vt. 租房,合住;為…提供住處;投宿,住宿;留…住宿;
"a stuffy, airless room"
空氣沉悶不通風的房間
近義:lodge, dwell, precinct, quarter, saloon, stance