However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.
但是,還有一種更加隱蔽有害的污染,它專門影響城鎮地區,侵襲我們的日常生活,那就是噪音。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 47 Too high a price
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 不管到什么程度;無論如何;然而;可是;
conj. 不管怎樣;
?? how + ev =age (年齡,時代) + er [名詞后綴],表示人,行為的主動者,做某事的人 → ad.然而;不管怎樣
"But I am very much believable, however, you'll get him to come."
我相信你不管怎樣都能把他請來.
近義:instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, regardless
adj. 隱伏的,潛在的;暗中為害的;陰險的;狡猾的;
?? in內+sid坐+ious形容詞后綴→坐在內部的壞人→陰險的
"the insidious effects of polluted water supplies"
供水系統污染的潛在惡果
近義:sly, treacherous, captious, catchy, designing, fishy
反義:noble, staunch, truehearted, trustful, trusty, unswerving
n. 污染(作用);腐敗;墮落;沾污;
?? pollut污染 + ion 表示行為、行為的過程或結果、情況、狀態 → n.污染
"Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution."
成千上萬的鮭魚和鱒魚的魚苗因污染而死亡.
近義:contamination, profanation, defilement, desecration
反義:purging, purifying, refining, straining, cleansing, depuration
adv. 特別;尤其;異乎尋常地;
?? particular特別的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特別地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英國度假對我并不特別有吸引力。
近義:namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
daily
['del?]
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詞根: /d?/
adj. 每日的,日常的;一日的;每日一次的;每個工作日的;
n. 日報;(不寄宿的)仆人,白天做家務的女傭;
adv. 每日;逐日;每周日;日復一日地;
?? dai=day一天+ly表副詞,每...地 →每日地
"events affecting the daily lives of millions of people"
影響數百萬人日常生活的事件
近義:help, housemaid, maid, maidservant, skivvy, slavey
反義:inadvertent, incidental, isolated, random, sometime, sporadic