The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.
公眾把大筆賭注下到了門多薩身上，但他卻輸了。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 公眾的，公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大眾;社會(huì);公共場(chǎng)所;（文學(xué)家等的）愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的，公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
adj. 偉大的，杰出的;優(yōu)異的，顯著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口語(yǔ)]很好地;令人滿意地，成功地，順利地;得意地;
n. 大人物們;偉大人物;重要人物，大師;名家;
?? 聯(lián)想：“貴的”就是偉大的 網(wǎng)友：12 補(bǔ)充：gr 工人 eat吃 解決工人吃飯問(wèn)題，不就是偉大的問(wèn)題。great 偉大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
據(jù)米克說(shuō)，這是一部了不起的電影。
近義：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反義：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
vt. [牌戲]分;分配;經(jīng)營(yíng);施予;
n. （一筆）交易;許多;待遇;發(fā)牌;
vi. 論述;（有效地或成功地）處理;懲處;交易;
adj. 冷杉木制的，松木制的;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
別擔(dān)心，交易是完全合法的。
近義：give, behave, act, demean, deport, negotiation
反義：object, rebut, vary, differ, disaccord, disagree
n. 錢;財(cái)富;薪水;款項(xiàng);
?? 如果亂花 錢，家長(zhǎng)會(huì)“罵你”（諧音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
這筆款子是當(dāng)?shù)匾晃徊辉竿嘎缎彰钠髽I(yè)家捐贈(zèng)的。
近義：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
v. 擊敗( defeat的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 ); 戰(zhàn)勝; 挫敗; 使困惑
近義：wrecked, beaten
反義：lucrative, prize, prizewinning, profitable, remunerative, rewarded