It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.
我突然感到這趟快車并沒以時速90英里的速度呼嘯前進，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，時速僅30英里。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
?? sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來，而且高度警覺。
近義：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反義：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
v. 表達;表示;顯而易見;快遞郵寄;
adj. 特快的;迅速的;用快遞寄送的; 明確的;
n. 特快列車;快遞服務;
adv. 使用快速服務;
?? ex出來+press擠壓 → 擠出來 → 表達；特快
"I feel impelled to express grave doubts about the project."
我覺得不得不對這項計劃深表懷疑.
近義：manifest, phrase, reveal, say, show, speak
adv. 僅僅，勉強，好容易才;幾乎不，幾乎沒有;赤裸裸地，無遮蔽地;公然地，露骨地，公開地;
?? bare 光的+ ly...的→ 僅僅,只不過,幾乎不
"Her voice was barely audible above the noise."
一片嘈雜，她的聲音只能勉強聽得見。
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, nearly, nigh, practically
num. 九十;
n. 九十;九十年代;九十歲;
adj. 九十的;九十歲的;
?? nine九+ty十 →九十
"He is ninety years old, but his mind is sharp."
他雖然90歲了, 但頭腦還很靈活.
n. 三十;三十個;三十年代;三十的記號;
adj. 三十的，三十個的;
num. 三十;三十個;
?? thir=three三+ty十 → 三十
"There are thirty people in the classroom, counting the teacher."
把老師算上,教室里有30個人.