The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
”編輯立即給那位記者發去傳真，要求他核實一下臺階的確切數字和圍墻的高度。
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
n. 編輯，編者;校訂者;[計]編輯軟件，編輯程序;
?? edit編輯+or表示人→編者，編輯
"the editor of the Washington Post"
《華盛頓郵報》的主編
近義：publisher, copyeditor, writer, columnist, editorialist
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾經;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一經;
n. 一次，一回;
?? on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里，就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年，農業從業人數已經下降。
近義：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 墻;屏障;隔閡;壁壘;
vt.& vi. 筑墻圍住，用墻隔開;圍以墻;
adj. 墻壁的;
?? vall- 墻,壁壘;樁線
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房內鋪滿地毯的新辦公室
近義：hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament
反義：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
n. 新聞工作者，新聞記者;記日志者;
?? journal雜志+ist人 → 寫雜志文章的人 → 記者
"a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist"
一位不道德的記者編造的一篇報道
近義：newsman, newspaperman, pressman, reporter, scribe, diarist