It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
那是一年的最后一天,一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。
新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 9 A cold welcome

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
last [l?st] 詞頻1 詞根: /l?/
n. 末尾;最后;上個;鞋楦(做鞋的模型); vt. 經受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持(尤指某段時間); adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的; vi. 持續; adv. 上一次,最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月,雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義:live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost 反義:part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
year [j?r] 詞頻1
n. 年;年紀;一年的期間;某年級的學生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
學生于十月返校,開始新學年的學習。
近義:twelvemonth, annum
large [lɑrd?] 詞頻1
adv. 大大地;夸大地;詳細地;順風地; adj. 大的;大規模的;大型號的;廣泛的; v. 玩個痛快;(尤指跳舞和飲酒)作樂;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
這兩間大教室分配給了我們。
近義:major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital 反義:small
crowd [kra?d] 詞頻1 詞根: cr-
n. 人群;群眾;一群; vi. 擁擠,聚集; vt. 擠滿;將…塞進;催逼;
?? 看見(c)一行(row) 擁擠的鹿(d)走近 人群
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障礙物后面。
近義:huddle, swarm, throng, concentrate, jam, mob 反義:part, secede, split, empty, evacuate, person

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