When he asked if Mr.Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
當他詢問萊恩先生是否住在那里時，值班的警察告訴他這位前首相落選后出國去了。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 83 After the elections
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. （男）警察，警員;看守礦井的人;[化] 淀帚;
?? police警察 +man 人 → n.警察
"The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers."
警察向逃跑的強盜開了槍.
近義：officer, patrolman, peeler, trooper, bluecoat, bobby
反義：infractor, infringer, injurer, malefactor, offender, outlaw
n. 職責，責任;義務;職責或工作;稅收;
?? deb, du =owe (欠債)
"It is my duty to report it to the police."
把這事報告給警方是我的責任。
近義：job, obligation, obstriction, onus, responsibility, commitment
反義：authorization, permission
vt. 擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝;挫敗;[法]宣告無效，作廢;
n. 戰(zhàn)勝;失敗;[法]廢除;
?? de向下+feat做，制作→做下去→打下去 →打敗，摧毀
"She commiserated with the losers on their defeat."
她對失敗的一方表示同情。
近義：master, overcome, overpower, pip, subdue, subjugate
反義：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
adj. 最好的;首要的;最初的;基本的;
n. 精華;初期;全盛時期;青年;
vt. 使準備好;填裝;事先指導;
adv. 極好地;
vi. （為槍炮）裝火藥;涂底漆;修剪樹枝;注水入泵引起;
?? prim第一，主要的+e → 最初的，基本的
"Ade has been widely tipped as the Prime Minister."
很多人認為艾德將繼任首相.
近義：stoke, fuel, bloom, blossom, blossoming, efflorescence
n. 大臣;部長;公使;牧師;
vi. 輔助，服侍;執(zhí)行牧師職務;
?? mini小+ster名詞后綴，人→小人→古代大臣稱自己是“小人”→部長，大臣
"The sainted minister in the church!"
那位教堂中神圣的牧師！
近義：provide, provision, purvey, stock, supply, administer