The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
隊員們接著又把整個洞徹底搜尋了一遍,但除了一只空鐵皮箱外什么也沒找到。
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
except
[?k's?pt]
詞頻1
詞根: ceive
vt. 把…除外;不計;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口語]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反對,表示異議(與 to 或 against連用);
?? ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我應得的東西,我并未接受任何東西.
近義:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反義:realize, accommodate, consider
n. 樹干;象鼻;軀干;汽車車尾的行李箱;
?? trunc-, truncat- 使殘廢,砍斷
"the diameter of a tree trunk"
樹干的直徑
近義:log, bole, frustum, boot, proboscis, rostrum
party
['pɑrti]
詞頻1
詞根: 部分
n. 社交聚會;黨,黨派;當事人;同類,伙伴;
v. 為…舉行社交聚會;為…請客;參加社交聚會;
adj. 政黨的,黨派的;社交的,聚會的;共有的,共同的;
?? 派對(諧音): 聚會{開party} 部分(part)丫頭(y) 集會組 黨
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash
反義:bore
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的;
n. 整體,整個;全部;
?? who(誰)+le(樂): 整個的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就變成 整個的了嗎?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral
反義:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished