A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
返航前，該船船長收到了大陸發來的電報，指示他們放棄這次搜尋。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 32 A lost ship
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 無線電;收音機;無線電廣播臺;無線電收發報機;
vt.& vi. 用無線電發送訊息;作無線電廣播;用X射線拍照;
?? radi 表”射線,輻射,廣播”
"The President gave an address to the nation over the radio."
總統向全國發表廣播演說.
近義：transmit, radiophonics, radiotelephony
n. 信息;消息;要旨;教訓;
v. 給…發消息;給…留言;
?? mess(send)+age→音信；通信；使命；報信
"a message in cipher"
密碼信
近義：notice, communication, communique, dispatch, post
n. 大陸;本土;
adj. 大陸的;本土的;
?? main主要的+land陸地 → 大陸
"Similar trends are observable in mainland Europe."
類似的趨勢在歐洲大陸也能見到。
近義：continent, plains, earth
n. 船長，機長;領袖，首領;上尉;（美國警察局的）副巡長;
vt. 當首領;統帥或指揮;
?? cap頭+tain支撐，保持 →首領；船長
"Captain Trent gave his men a full briefing."
特倫特隊長給了他的下屬詳細的指示。
近義：superintendent, head, lead, rule, skipper, command
received
[[ri'si:vd]]
a. 被一般承認的, 公認的
近義：standard
反義：nonconforming, nonconventional, atypical, unconventional, unorthodox