The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too.
村莊已不復(fù)存在，因?yàn)橐呀?jīng)為水所淹，山谷也被水淹沒了。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 57 Back in the old country
?? 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(chǎng)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
conj. 因?yàn)?
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關(guān)系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
adj. 在水中的;淹沒的;水下的;水下運(yùn)動(dòng)的;
v. （使）潛入水中，淹沒( submerge的過去式和過去分詞 );完全掩蓋，遮掩;
"The car was submerged under 20 feet of water."
汽車沉在水下20英尺處.
近義：immersed, submersed, sunken, underwater
n. 山谷，溪谷，峽谷，谷地，深谷;流域;[建筑]屋頂排水溝，屋面斜溝;
?? v(像一個(gè)山谷形)+所有的(all)水都流入山谷 天山 山谷萬(wàn)里（諧音）長(zhǎng)
"a small town set in a valley"
坐落在溪谷中的小鎮(zhèn)
近義：strath, vale, dale, dell, glen