Tim is an engineer.He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
蒂姆是個工程師,正在一家大公司工作,并且已經去過澳大利亞的不少地方了。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 工程師,技師;(輪船的)機師;〈美〉(火車的)司機,;(陸軍的)工兵;
vt. 設計,策劃;安排或處理;改變…的基因(或遺傳)結構;
?? engine發動機+er人 →工程師
"They're sending an engineer to fix the phone."
他們要派一名技師來安裝電話。
近義:invent, style, blueprint, conceive, contrive, delineate
反義:recopy, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, trace, transcribe
adj. 堅固的,堅牢的;堅定的,堅決的;嚴格的;確定的;
vt.& vi. 使堅固;使堅實;
n. 商號,商行;公司;企業;工作集體;
adv. 堅定地,穩固地;
vt. 使堅定,使牢固;
vi. 變堅實,變穩固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅定,堅固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現在已與當地一家公司合并了。
近義:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
number
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詞根: number
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年,農業從業人數已經下降。
近義:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
adj. 不同的;各式各樣的;個別的;不平常;
?? differ相異+ent...的 →不同的
"a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes"
一大批形狀大小不一的瓶子
近義:heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical
反義:identical, indistinct, kindred, like, resembling, same
n. 工作, 運轉, 勞動\\na. 工作的, 勞動的, 經營的, 抽搐的, 運轉的
近義:march, operation, performance, running, behavior, actuating