One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance.
1小時(shí)17分過去了，走了還不到一半路程。
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
n. 距離，路程;遠(yuǎn)處;疏遠(yuǎn);（時(shí)間的）間隔，長久;
vt. 把…遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)甩在后面;疏遠(yuǎn);與…保持距離;
?? dist距離 + ance 表名詞，狀態(tài)、情況、性質(zhì)、行為 → n.距離,間距;遠(yuǎn)處
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
遠(yuǎn)處響起了一陣教堂的鐘聲。
近義：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反義：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood
n. 小時(shí)，鐘頭;時(shí)間，時(shí)刻;固定時(shí)間;課時(shí);
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰時(shí)間，城市的交通混亂不堪。
近義：time, date
covered
[[k?v?d]]
a. 隱蔽著的, 掩藏著的, 有屋頂?shù)腬\n[建] 涂抹了的, 覆蓋了的, 掩蓋了的
近義：lined, coated, hidden, protected, sheltered, wrapped
反義：open, unclosed, ajar
adj. 一半的，半個(gè)的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會(huì)等的）半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財(cái)產(chǎn)投資于一個(gè)新企業(yè).
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi
反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
n. 十七（個(gè)）;十七;
adj. 十七歲的;十七的;十七個(gè)的;
num. 十七;
"At the tender age of seventeen I left home."
早在十七歲的小小年紀(jì),我就離開了家.