The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.
村里似乎無人居住，唯一的生命跡象是附近田里一只面目可憎的黑山羊，用一截短繩拴在一棵樹上。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 48 The silent village
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 村民;鄉(xiāng)村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經(jīng)過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反義：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
adj. （ 地方） 無人居住的;空寂無人的;被拋棄的;被遺棄的;
v. 舍棄( desert的過去式和過去分詞 );廢棄;（在需要時刻）背離;擅離（職守、工作崗位、現(xiàn)役等）;
?? seri-, ser- 表”結(jié)合,放”#詞根助記：de分開+sert→不再加入→離開
"The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers."
敵人頭目眾叛親離.
近義：parched, barren, xeric, desertic, desertlike, desert
反義：numerous, populous, inhabited, crowded
sign
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詞根: 標(biāo)記
n. 符號;手勢;跡象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 簽名;打手勢;
?? sign(mark)→記號；征兆；簽字；做手勢；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字簽在下面的空白處。
近義：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反義：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
n. 長度，長;時間的長短;（語）音長;一段，一節(jié);
?? leng長+th名詞后綴 → 長度
"a short length of chain"
一截短鏈條
近義：duration, hunk, lump, nub, piece, bit
adj. 在附近的，位于附近的;
adv. 附近地，不遠(yuǎn)地;
?? near附近+by旁邊 → a.附近的 ad.在附近
"Police evacuated nearby buildings."
警方已將附近大樓的居民疏散。
近義：hither, immediate, approximal, joined, near, nearest
反義：isolated, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded