Now that a tunnel ahs been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,
如今由于山里開挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危險了。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 8 A famous monastery
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 隧道;地道;煙道;（動物棲息的）穴;
vi. 打通隧道;挖掘隧道;
vt. 在…挖掘隧道;在…打開通道;
?? tunn管道+el表名詞 →隧道
"the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel"
修建英吉利海峽隧道的英法財團
近義：subway, underpass
vt.& vi. 走過;通過;批準;度過;
vt. 傳球;及格;發生;不要;
n. 通道;通行證;關口;越過;
?? pass(pass)→通過；經過；傳遞；使及格；度過
"I'm not old enough for my bus pass yet!"
我還不到領取免費乘車票的年齡。
近義：outpace, overtake, lapse, occur, elapse, happen
反義：flop, flunk, founder
adj. 危險的;
?? danger危險+ous.....的 →危險的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護神。
近義：hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反義：innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
adj. 較少的（little的比較級）;較小的;較次的，較劣的;較不重要的;
adv. 較少地，較小地;
prep. 減去;少掉;不足;
n. 較少，較小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我們的宗旨是為社會地位比較低下的人增加機會。
近義：least, lesser, minus