But the station master was adamant: rules could not be broken and she had to watch that train disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.
但站長態度堅決，規章制度不能破壞，姑娘只得眼看那趟火車消逝在她要去的方向而撇下了她。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 車站;所，局;身份;電視臺;
vt. 配置，安置;駐扎;
?? sta = stand站 + tion表名詞→ (車)站,臺,局 vt. 安置,派駐
"a newly built station"
新建的車站
近義：lay, locate, marshal, place, posit, position
adj. 堅硬無比的;牢不可破的;堅定不移的;堅決的;
n. 堅硬的物質;<地質>硬石;<詩>牢不可破;
?? a不+dam征服+ant屬于...的→不可征服的 → 堅定的，堅固的
"Eva was adamant that she would not come."
伊娃堅決不來。
近義：hidebound, inflexible, intractable, mulish, nonflexible, obdurate
反義：approbatory, indulging, leathery, lissom, malleable, obliging
n. 火車;行列;一系列相關的事情; 拖裾;
v. 訓練;教育;培養;修整;
?? train(draw)→教養；訓練；列車；行列；導火線
"The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether."
火車愈來愈慢，最后完全停了。
近義：illustrate, instruct, master, prepare, qualify, raise
vi. 不見，消失;不復存在，滅絕;
?? dis不，無，相反+appear出現→不出現→消失
"The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes."
天氣變暖時,雪很快就會融化.
近義：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade, dim, bury
反義：arise, materialize, surface, emerge
n. 目的，目標;目的地，終點;[罕用語]預定，指定;
?? destin 注定+ ation 過程、結果 → n.目的地,終點;目標
"Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination."
生活可以被比作一次不知目的的旅行.
近義：heading, route, tack, way, bearing, course