For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
在令人忐忑不安的瞬間，盤子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 43 Fully insured
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
moment
['mom?nt]
詞頻1
詞根: 移動(dòng)
n. 瞬間，片刻;時(shí)刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現(xiàn)在舞臺(tái)上, 觀眾們個(gè)個(gè)笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 銀行;（條形的）堆;（河的）岸;庫(kù)存;
vt.& vi. 堆積;筑（堤）;將（錢）存入銀行;
vi. （轉(zhuǎn)彎時(shí)）傾斜飛行;（在某銀行）開(kāi)賬戶，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封爐火;
?? bank=bench長(zhǎng)椅→由柜臺(tái)轉(zhuǎn)化而來(lái) → 銀行
"I don't have a bank account."
我沒(méi)有銀行賬戶。
近義：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反義：retire, withdraw
canal
[k?'n?l]
詞頻2
詞根: /k?/
n. 運(yùn)河，溝渠;管道;氣管;食道;
vt. 建運(yùn)河;疏導(dǎo);
?? can-, cann- 【希臘語(yǔ)傳入拉丁語(yǔ)】蘆葦,管;
"There the irrigation canal links up with the reservoir."
這條灌溉渠在那里與水庫(kù)連接起來(lái).
近義：channel, chute, ditch, duct
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(fā)覺(jué)自己醒了過(guò)來(lái)，而且高度警覺(jué)。
近義：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反義：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
adj. 痛苦難忍的;使人苦惱的;
v. 使極度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式);
"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受這個(gè)工作。
近義：moribund, worrisome, heartaching, death, distressful, distressing
反義：livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable