He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.
他絕望地向他的伙伴揮手，他的伙伴在過去的15分鐘里一直在滑水。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 86 Out of control
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 同伴;[天]伴星(=~star);（用于書名）指南;同甘共苦的伙伴;
vt. 同行;陪伴;
?? com 共同 + pan謀生 + ion表名詞 →共同謀生的人 → 同伴
"Fear was the hostages' constant companion."
人質一直都感到恐懼不安。
近義：mate, pal, partner, payfellow, sidekick, acquaintance
反義：opponent, opposer, opposite, rival, adversary, foe
adv. 絕望地;不顧一切地;<口>極度地;猛烈地;
"She desperately wanted to win her father's approval."
她急不可待地想贏得父親的贊同。
近義：anxiously, despairingly, agonizingly, distressfully, distressingly, frantically
反義：heedfully, prudently, steadily, unobtrusively, vigilantly, warily
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域;
v. 給…澆水;供以水;加水稀釋;流淚;
?? 字母W像水的波浪，聯想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微風拂動水面.
近義：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo
n. 末尾;最后;上個;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 經受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持（尤指某段時間）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持續;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月，雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. 十五;十五個人組成的橄欖球隊;
"She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl."
她數出15個便士交給女店員.