The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life.Faces appeared at windows.
剛才還似乎空蕩蕩的村莊一下子活躍了起來，窗口露出了一張張面孔，
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、現役等）;
?? seri-, ser- 表”結合,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
adv. 立即，馬上;直接地;緊接地;
conj. 一…就，即刻;
?? immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 馬上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
近義：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q.
反義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end