To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
讓人沮喪的是,我們發現到處都是蝸牛:
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison

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dismay [d?s'me] 詞頻2 詞根: 大
vt. 使驚愕,使焦慮,使氣餒; n. 驚愕,氣餒;
?? dis分開,分離+may能夠→不能做事→沮喪
"She could not hide her dismay at the result."
她無法掩飾自己對這一結果的惶恐不安。
近義:chill, damp, dampen, daunt, depress, discourage 反義:inspirit, cheer, joy, delectate, delight, enliven
everywhere ['?vr?w?r] 詞頻1
adv. 到處,處處,無論什么地方;四下里;漫;匝地;
?? every每個的+where地方→ ad.到處,處處
"Everywhere you look, you can see glass and concrete monstrosities going up."
到處你都能看到玻璃和混凝土的龐然大物拔地而起.
近義:anyplace, anywhere, everyplace, throughout, whithersoever 反義:noplace
snails
n. 腹足類;蝸牛;行動遲緩的人或動物(snail的復數)

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