Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from.The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.
其中一部分是約在2，000年前從印度尼西亞遷來的。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 1 Finding fossil man
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. （時間上）遙遠的;遠離的;遠程的;微小的;
n. 遠程操作;遙控器;
vt. 使…向遠方延伸，把…延展到遠處;
?? re回+mote移動→動回去→退回去→遙遠的
"The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter."
只有乘直升機才能進入那遙遠的荒漠地區(qū)。
近義：isolated, outlying, removed, retired, secluded, separate
反義：hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring
adj. 活（著）的;現(xiàn)存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現(xiàn)在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規(guī)矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 講解，解釋;
vt. 說明…的原因，辯解;
vi. 說明，解釋，辯解;
?? ex 出+ plain清楚的→ 說清楚的 → 解釋
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工廠經(jīng)理用一幅作業(yè)圖來說明生產(chǎn)過程.
近義：justify, illustrate, pose, prove, rede, resolve
反義：implicate, mat, muddle, mystify, ravel, snag
n. 太平洋\\na. 太平洋的, 太平洋沿岸的, 愛好和平的, 安靜的, 平息的
近義：noncombatant, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene
反義：hostile, martial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike