Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.
消防隊(duì)員們同那場(chǎng)森林大火搏斗了將近3個(gè)星期才最后把火勢(shì)控制住。
新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)
Lesson 62 After the fire
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 幾乎，差不多;險(xiǎn)乎;
?? near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他過(guò)了半輩子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下來(lái).
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
n. 森林;叢林;（森林似的）一叢;一片;
vt. 在…造林，使長(zhǎng)滿樹(shù)林，使成為森林;
?? 佛(fo)休息(rest)在 森林
"Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year."
每年都有幾千公頃的森林遭到破壞。
近義：afforest, wilderness, woodland, woods, selva, grove
反義：badland, barren, wasteland, wilderness, parched, uninhabited
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩飾下;少于，小于;在…情況下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 較低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
艦隊(duì)司令視察了他所統(tǒng)率的軍艦。
近義：underneath, below, beneath
反義：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
vt. 控制;管理;限制;支配;
n. 支配權(quán);操縱者;（對(duì)國(guó)家、地區(qū)、機(jī)構(gòu)等的）管理權(quán);（鍵盤上的）控制鍵;
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飛行員得到空中交通管制站發(fā)出的著陸許可。
近義：rig, manipulate, manage, operate, regulate, run
反義：obey, follow, heed, hold, honor, keep
a. 戰(zhàn)斗的, 容易引起爭(zhēng)斗的, 適于格斗的, 好斗的, 好戰(zhàn)的, 斗爭(zhēng)的, 搏斗的\\nn. 戰(zhàn)斗, 斗爭(zhēng), 搏斗
近義：quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrambling, scrap