the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
在此期間,編輯等得不耐煩了,因?yàn)殡s志馬上要付印。
新概念英語第三冊(cè)
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(jì)]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(bào)》的主編
近義:publisher, copyeditor, writer, columnist, editorialist
adj. 不耐煩的;熱切的,渴望的;不能容忍的,惱火的;
?? im無+pati耐心+ent...的 → 不耐煩的
"Your readers are busy and impatient."
讀者們,都是又忙又不耐煩的。
近義:anxious, exasperated, annoyed
反義:tolerant
press
[pr?s]
詞頻1
詞根: press
vt. 壓,按;逼迫;緊抱;
vi. 壓;逼迫;重壓;
n. 強(qiáng)迫征兵;新聞報(bào)道,出版物;壓榨;印刷機(jī)(廠);
?? press 表”壓力,向……人施壓”
"The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best."
遷就新聞界充其量只是個(gè)權(quán)宜之計(jì).
近義:squeeze, depress, pressure, coerce, lobby, prompt
反義:unhand
n. 彈藥庫;雜志;彈倉;膠卷盒;
"She sat reading a magazine, dunking cookies in her coffee."
她坐著一邊看雜志一邊將曲奇餅在咖啡里蘸一下再吃。
近義:mag, stockroom, storehouse, warehouse, depository, deposit
adv. 立刻,馬上;一會(huì)兒,不久;快;寧愿;
?? 速(諧音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反義:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore