As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
實際情況是,他們已連續鉆了16個小時了,但離鉆透還早著呢。
新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine

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still [st?l] 詞頻1
adv. 仍,仍然;更,還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常,不斷地; adj. 不動的,靜止的;不狂暴的,溫柔的;沒有活力的,死氣沉沉的; n. 平靜,寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器; vt.& vi. (使某物)平靜下來,安靜;〈古〉燒(酒),蒸餾; conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了,他還是十分活躍。
近義:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反義:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
long [l??] 詞頻1 詞根: /l?/
adj. 長的;長時間的;冗長的,過長的;長音的; adv. 長久地;始終;遙遠地; n. 長時間,長時期;[語]長音節;(服裝的)長尺寸;長褲; vi. 渴望,極想;
?? 渴望見到很 長的龍(long) 長龍(拼音long)擺尾 網友:顧亮亮 補充:龍很長
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我會麻醉多長時間?
近義:lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather 反義:little, minute, small, squat, slight
sixteen [,s?ks'tin] 詞頻1
n. 十六,十六個;十六歲;十六點鐘;十六的記號; num. 十六;第十六; adj. 十六的;十六個的;
"She is sixteen but has a mental age of five."
她十六歲,而智力年齡是五歲。
drilling [['dirli?]]
n. 演練\\n[醫] 鉆
近義:perforating, perforation, piercing, punching, boring
hours
n. 小時(hour的復數形式)

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