I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me.
我本想離目的地已經不遠，但周圍一切對我仍很陌生。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 57 Back in the old country
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 客觀的，實體的;目標的;[語]賓格的;[醫]他覺的;
n. 目標，任務;[光]物鏡;[語]賓語，賓格;[事]出擊目標;
?? ob反對+ject投擲，扔+ive形容詞后綴 → 反對扔的 → 客觀的；目標
"He tried to take an objective view of the situation."
他試圖對形勢有個客觀的看法.
近義：ideal, intent, intention, aspiration, mark, object
adj. 外國的;相異的;異已的;不相容的;
n. 外國人;外僑;局外人;外星人;
vt. 讓渡，轉讓;疏遠;離間;
?? ali其他的，改變狀態+en表形容詞或名詞→其他地方的→外國的，外國人的,外來的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護神。
近義：extraterrestrial, outlander, outsider, stranger, auslander, tramontane
反義：individual, national, townsman, civvy, burgher, burgess
adv. （空間）在近處;在附近;（時間）臨近;（程度）幾乎;
prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示時間）將近;接近于（某種狀態）;
adj. 近的;親密的;近似;（親屬關系）近親;
"Police found fragments of glass near the scene."
警方在現場附近發現了玻璃碎片。
近義：approach, approximate, hither, hithermost, immediate, approximal
反義：isolated, outlying, remote, retired, secluded, separate
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