Soon the hobby leads to travel, perhaps to a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search of a rare specimen, for collectors are not confined to any one country.
用不了多久,有這種愛好的人便開始旅行,也許是去另一個城市參加會議,也可能是出國尋找一件珍品,因為收藏家是不分國籍的。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 59 Collecting
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 或許;(表示不確定)也許;(用于粗略的估計)或許;(表示勉強(qiáng)同意或其實不贊成)也許;
n. 假定;猜想;未定之事;
?? per全部+hap機(jī)會,運(yùn)氣+s表復(fù)數(shù)→全是機(jī)會→也許,可能
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你說完,也許我可以說點什么。
近義:maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, haply
反義:indeed, assuredly, absolutely, sure, surely, undoubtedly
n. 會議;聚會;匯合點;運(yùn)動會;
v. 相遇( meet的現(xiàn)在分詞);相識;開會;接觸(某物);
?? meet開會 + ing名詞后綴→ 聚集,會合,會見
"an ad hoc meeting to deal with the problem"
處理此問題的特別會議
近義:assembly, association, parley, reunion, seminar, session
adv. 可能地;也許,或許;敢是;容許;
?? poss可能+ibly...地→可能地;也許
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
這也許是他們迄今為止最糟糕的表現(xiàn)。
近義:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反義:assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
adv. 到國外,在海外;廣為流傳地;
adj. 往國外的;
n. 海外,異國;
?? a(on)+broad→在國外;遠(yuǎn);廣
"I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad."
我總是向往去國外工作。
近義:out, outdoors, outside, away, without, overseas
adj. 罕見的,特殊的;優(yōu)秀的,不尋常的;稀薄的,經(jīng)過稀化的;
?? rar-, rare- 表”少,薄;不普通的,不常見的”
"He buys rare baseball cards on eBay."
他從易趣網(wǎng)上購買珍稀的棒球卡。
近義:infrequent, peculiar, scant, unaccustomed, uncharacteristic, uncommon
反義:regular, repeating, rife, common, frequent