Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics.
報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關緊要的事實和統計數字而走向極端。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 5 The facts
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt.& vi. 提供，供給，供應;
vt. 規定;提供(+for);裝備;預備;
vi. 撫養，贍養(+for);做準備;預約(for 或 against);
?? pro提前+vid看+e→提前看好→預備；提供
"We flatter ourselves that we provide the best service in town."
我們相信我們提供的服務在本市最好.
近義：minister, procure, provision, purvey, stock, supply
n. 讀者，朗讀者;讀本;講讀者，講師;審稿人;
?? read讀+er人 →讀者
"Too , the reader will find in this book many interesting illustrations."
讀者還能在書中看到許多有趣的插圖.
近義：collection, compendium, compilation, digest, anthology, scanner
n. 統計，統計學，統計法，統計資料;統計數字;“statistic”的復數;
?? statist站，立+ics名詞后綴，學科→站著去計算數據的學科→統計學
"It's not easy to disentangle the truth from the official statistics."
從官方統計資料中理出真實情況并不容易。
近義：statistic
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 不重要的;瑣細的;平凡的;不要緊;
"Money seems unimportant when sets beside the joys of family life."
與天倫之樂相比,金錢顯得微不足道.
近義：immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant
反義：imperative, key, momentous, vital, crucial