This was more than we could bear, so we decided to spend our last day exploring the countryside.
人多得使我們難以忍受，于是我們決定利用最后一天去鄉(xiāng)間一游。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 48 The silent village
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt.& vi. 用錢，花錢;
vt. 花費(fèi);消耗;花（時(shí)間）;度過;
n. （為某目的或某段時(shí)間內(nèi)的）花銷，花費(fèi)，開銷;
?? s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花費(fèi)；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的幾個(gè)孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個(gè)小時(shí)。
近義：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反義：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
n. 鄉(xiāng)村;郊野;鄉(xiāng)下的全體居民;
?? country農(nóng)村+side邊→鄉(xiāng)下，農(nóng)村
"The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky."
這周圍的鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)多石頭多。
近義：landscape, meadow, scenery, view, champaign, country
n. 熊;（在證券市場(chǎng)等）賣空的人;蠻橫的人;
vt. 忍受;承擔(dān);支撐;生育;
vi. 生（孩子）;結(jié)（果實(shí)）;與…有關(guān);
adj. 跌價(jià)的;股票行情下跌的;賣空者的;
?? 6耳(ear) 熊能 忍受沉重的 負(fù)擔(dān)
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
這種痛苦幾乎使他無法忍受。
近義：sustain, hold, endure, ride, stand, stomach
反義：parry, avert, avoid, prevent, shirk, sidestep
adj. 清楚的;堅(jiān)決的;明顯的;明白無誤的;
v. 下決心( decide的過去式和過去分詞 );（使）決定;解決;裁決;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已經(jīng)決定留起絡(luò)腮胡子和髭。
近義：sharp, unquestionable, categorical, conclusive, decisive, definite
反義：arguable, argumentary, moot, mootable, pregnable, protestable
n. 末尾;最后;上個(gè);鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 經(jīng)受住;到…之后;夠用;足夠維持（尤指某段時(shí)間）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持續(xù);
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在剛過去的七月，雙方簽訂了和平條約。
近義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire