I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it,
等我裝完后，那臺割草機仍然一動不動，對此我倒并不感到吃驚。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 46 Do it yourself

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machine [m?'?in] 詞頻1
n. 機器，機械;機械般的人;核心; vt. 用機器制造，用機器加工; vi. 被機器切削;
?? mach機器+ine表名詞 → 機器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了幾次電話，但只有電話答錄機答話。
近義：system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
surprised [[s?'praizd]]
a. 感到驚訝的
近義：astonished, astounded, stunned, startled, gobsmacked, amazed 反義：apathetic, impassible, imperturbable, indifferent, insensible, ardorless
find [fa?nd] 詞頻1
v. 發現;找到;查明;發覺; n. 發現物;被發現的人;
?? 翻的(諧音): 找東西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我們到處尋找,但仍沒能找到.
近義：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot 反義：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
still [st?l] 詞頻1
adv. 仍，仍然;更，還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常，不斷地; adj. 不動的，靜止的;不狂暴的，溫柔的;沒有活力的，死氣沉沉的; n. 平靜，寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器; vt.& vi. （使某物）平靜下來，安靜;〈古〉燒（酒），蒸餾; conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了，他還是十分活躍。
近義：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反義：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
work [w?k] 詞頻1
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果; n. 工作，操作;著作;工廠;行為，事業; vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate 反義：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam

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