The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
海盜們過去常把金子埋藏在那個(gè)洞里，可后來卻沒能取走。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 洞穴;〈方〉地窖;
vt.& vi. （使）塌陷，倒塌;暗中破壞;
vi. 屈服;
?? cav洞+e → 山洞，洞穴，窯洞
"a dark dank cave"
陰暗潮濕的洞穴
近義：dig, excavate, cavern, crypt, den, dugout
vt.& vi. 失敗，不及格;倒閉，破產(chǎn);缺乏;衰退;
vi. 衰退;失敗，不及格;破產(chǎn);不足;
vt. 不及格;使失望;忘記;舍棄;
n. 失敗，失誤;不及格;不及格者;[商]期貨交割失期;
?? fals, fall =err,deceive,表示”犯錯誤,欺騙”
"I will give you a present on your birthday without fail."
你生日時(shí)我一定送你一份禮物.
近義：flunk, miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle
反義：qualify, prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome
vt. 收集;收藏;接走;聚積;
vi. 募捐;募集;
adj. 由受話人付費(fèi)的;
?? col共同+lect選擇→放在一起選擇→收集
"Collect the books and put them in a pile on my desk."
把書收起來放在我的桌子上.
近義：heap, hoard, lump, muster, recollect, retake
反義：scatter, spread, diffuse, dispel, disseminate, dissipate
adv. 常常;經(jīng)常;時(shí)常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經(jīng)常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認(rèn)為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
vt. 埋葬，葬;為…舉行葬禮;隱藏，埋藏，遮蓋，掩蔽;專心致志于，埋頭于，沉溺于;
n. 布里;
?? buy(買)+r(人):買棺材 掩埋人 網(wǎng)友： 挑戰(zhàn)螞蟻 kim 一句話背單詞 補(bǔ)充： 真正的記法：bu是埋藏的意思，如bus , r是根的意思，根在土中，當(dāng)然
"Will the time never come when we may honourably bury the hatchet?"
難道我們永遠(yuǎn)不可能有個(gè)體面地休戰(zhàn)的時(shí)候 嗎 ?
近義：immure, inhume, inter, sepulchre, tomb, entomb
反義：hollow, poke, quarry, rout, scoop, shovel