Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
他瞥了一眼地圖，告訴我們前面再走不到20英里就是一個村莊。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 村民;鄉村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反義：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
adv. 離開，遠離;在遠處;消失;
adj. 不在的;遙遠的;客場比賽;
?? a(on)+broad→在遠方；離去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅館里, 這些老人和往常一樣喝個不停.
近義：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 二十，二十個;二十多歲;二十年代;許多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
?? twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
農民摘掉了二十個梨子。
adj. 了解情況的;見多識廣的;有情報根據的;消息靈通的;
v. 告訴( inform的過去式和過去分詞);(inform oneself)使了解;
"It is regrettable that the police were not informed sooner."
遺憾的是沒有早些報警。
近義：knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, noticed, aware
反義：misguided, misinformed
adj. 緊接在后的;次于的;貼近的;緊鄰的;
adv. 接下去;然后;居后地;依次的;
n. 下一位;下一個;
prep. 靠近;居于…之后;在…的隔壁;
"The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget."
議程表上的下一項是宣傳預算。
近義：oncoming, subsequent, succeeding, upcoming, pursuant, coming
反義：prior, nowadays, presently, today, currently