When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
最近有個學生看見兩個工人在學校門外用風鉆干活，馬上打電話報告警察，說有兩個學生裝扮成工人，正在用風鉆破壞路面。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 40 Who's who
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 學生，大學生;研究者，學者;中學生;<美俚>初學者;
?? stud=study學習+ent人→學生
"In borderline cases teachers will take the final decision, based on the student's previous work."
在難以定奪的情況下，教師將根據學生先前的作業做出最終評分。
近義：pupil, schoolboy, schoolchild, trainee, undergraduate, collegian
反義：pedagog, pedagogue, teacher, educationalist, educationist
adv. 最近，近來;不久以前;近日;新近;
?? recent最近+ly表副詞 →最近
"Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend."
最近,中日關系在向好的方面發展.
近義：just, lately, latterly, newly, nowadays, overnight
反義：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom
adv. 在外面;向外面;在戶外;露天;
n. 外面;（彎曲路面或軌道的）外道;（靠近路中央的）外側;（建筑物等的）周圍;
adj. 外部的;集團外的;（選擇余地、可能性等）非常小;可能性最大的;
prep. （表示位置）在[向]…的外面;（表示范圍）超出…的范圍;（表示排斥）除了（某人）;
?? out外，出+side旁邊→在外邊
"eager crowds outside the stadium"
體育場外急不可耐的觀眾
近義：exterior, outdoor, outer, outlying, outward, superficial
反義：interior, indoor, inland, inner, inside, internal
n. 綜合性大學;大學人員;大學校舍;
?? univers宇宙+ity名詞→由宇宙引申為知識，知識之地→大學
"the University Advisement Center"
大學咨詢中心
近義：college, varsity, faculty, pedagogical, scholastic, collegiate
adv. 立即，馬上;直接地;緊接地;
conj. 一…就，即刻;
?? immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 馬上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
近義：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q.
反義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently