In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
在最后一幕中，獄卒手持一封信上場(chǎng)，然后將信交給獄中那位貴族。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 22 By heart
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 階段;舞臺(tái);戲劇;驛站;
vt.& vi. 上演，演出;籌辦，舉行;適于上演;坐公共馬車旅行;
vt. 舉行;展現(xiàn);上演;籌劃;
vi. 適于上演，適合在舞臺(tái)上演出;乘公交車（或驛車）旅行;[軍事]中間集結(jié)，扎營(yíng);
?? sta=stand, 表示“站，立”+ge=age表名詞 → n.舞臺(tái)；戲劇；階段
"Education is taking centre stage in the government's plans."
教育正在成為政府計(jì)劃的核心。
近義：perform, playact, portray, represent, dramatise, come
反義：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
n. 囚犯;犯人;俘虜;刑事被告;
?? prison監(jiān)獄 + er 表示人,行為的主動(dòng)者，做某事的人 → n.囚犯
"The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail."
罪犯被押送到監(jiān)獄.
近義：inmate, jailbird, incluse, recluse, captive, con
n. 末尾;最后;上個(gè);鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 經(jīng)受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持（尤指某段時(shí)間）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持續(xù);
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過(guò)去的七月，雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
gaoler
['d?eil?]
n. <英>獄卒;
"The gaoler caned the man."
獄卒用藤條鞭打這個(gè)人.
近義：jailer, warden, warder, jailor
vi. 來(lái);開(kāi)始;出現(xiàn);發(fā)生;
vt. 做;裝扮…的樣子;將滿（…歲）;
int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動(dòng)物能生存下去，現(xiàn)在就要行動(dòng)起來(lái)。
近義：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反義：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split