It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr.Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.
佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他執教滿40年的日子，這真是奇妙的巧合。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 85 Never too old to learn
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
?? cur關心+ious….的→關心的，好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他們對住在樓上的人感到很好奇。
近義：odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional
反義：artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
n. 巧合;一致;同時存在;并存;
?? co共同+in進+cid落下+ence名詞后綴→巧合
"theories based on presupposition and coincidence"
基于假設和偶合的理論
近義：chance, concomitance, concomitancy, concurrence, concurrency, contingency
反義：separation, departure, deviation, difference, discrepance, discrepancy
n. 退休，退職;引退，隱居;退隱處;
?? re 回、向后 + tire 疲勞+ ment 表示行為、行為的過程或結果 → n.退休, 引退, 退卻, 撤退
"retirement and the consequential reduction in income"
退休與隨之而來的收入減少
近義：pension, superannuation, pullback, pullout, recoil, retreat
adj. 總計的（金額等）;全部的;完全的;絕對的;
n. 總計，總數;全體數量;
vt.& vi. 總計達，計算…的總數;
?? total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒絕烈性酒
近義：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow
反義：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
n. 頁;（計算機的）頁面;年史;<文>重要事件;
vt. 標記…的頁數;翻頁;喊出名字以尋找;（在公共傳呼系統上）呼叫;
vi. 翻書頁;瀏覽;
"Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page."
腳注附于每頁的下端。
近義：summon, call, fetch, paginate, foliate, folio