This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
這是一個感人的場面，人們成群地佇立在海岸上，注視著燈籠遠去，直到再也看不見為止。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 96 The dead return
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 眼鏡;奇觀，壯觀;光景，景象;表演，場面;
?? spect看+acle表名詞→看的東西→眼鏡
"He got drunk and made a spectacle of himself in the club."
他喝得酩酊大醉,在俱樂部大出洋相.
近義：landscape, scene, sight, view, show, act
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adv. 離開，遠離;在遠處;消失;
adj. 不在的;遙遠的;客場比賽;
?? a(on)+broad→在遠方；離去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅館里, 這些老人和往常一樣喝個不停.
近義：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 臺，看臺;立場;停止;抵抗;
vi. 站立，起立;豎直放置;保持看法;停滯;
vt. 使站立;忍受;抵御;承擔責任;
vt.& vi. 站立，（使）直立，站著;
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障礙物后面。
近義：suffer, take, tolerate, bear, stick, endure
反義：placate, quit, remit, soften, subside, yield
n. 岸;濱;國家（尤指瀕海國家）;支柱;
vt. 支撐;支持;
"We could see a glimmer of light on the far shore."
我們可以看到對岸微微閃爍的燈光。
近義：prop, stanchion, strut, timber, underpin, underprop