When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每當電燈保險絲燒斷、家具榫頭松動、管道堵塞、吸塵器不動時，有些妻子認為丈夫總有辦法。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 家具;設備;附屬品;
?? furni 安置+ ture表名詞→ n.家具；裝置，設備
"furniture stored in the attic"
存放在閣樓的家具
近義：housefurnishings, movables, suite, furnishings
反義：immovables, realty, estate
n. 真空;空白;空虛;清潔;
v. 用真空吸塵器清掃;
?? vac空+uum表名詞 →空虛；真空
"Vacuum cleaners work by suction."
真空吸塵器靠抽吸除塵。
近義：hoover, void, blank
vt.& vi. 失敗，不及格;倒閉，破產;缺乏;衰退;
vi. 衰退;失敗，不及格;破產;不足;
vt. 不及格;使失望;忘記;舍棄;
n. 失敗，失誤;不及格;不及格者;[商]期貨交割失期;
?? fals, fall =err,deceive,表示”犯錯誤,欺騙”
"I will give you a present on your birthday without fail."
你生日時我一定送你一份禮物.
近義：flunk, miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle
反義：qualify, prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome
vt.& vi. 運轉;操作;經營;管理;
vi. 開刀;（對…）動手術;動手術;（在某地）采取軍事行動;
vt. 操作，控制，使運行;
?? oper工作 + ate 表示做、造成 → vi.操作；施行手術
"The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate."
這種設備比較容易安裝而且用起來便宜。
近義：manage, run, control, direct, perform, work
反義：perish, quit, spoil, stop, wrack, wreck
v. 假定，認為;承擔;裝出;呈現;
?? as加強+sume拿取→主動拿起 → 承擔；假裝，假定
"You cannot assume that a speaker of English is ipso facto qualified to teach English."
你不能假定會說英語的人就有資格教英語。
近義：infer, postulate, presume, regard, suppose, surmise
反義：overrule, disregard