and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
如果不蒙上雙眼她的皮膚就不再具有識別物體的能力。這是千真萬確的。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 4 Seeing hands
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt. 把…除外;不計;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口語]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反對，表示異議（與 to 或 against連用）;
?? ex出+cept拿，抓，握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我應(yīng)得的東西,我并未接受任何東西.
近義：omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反義：realize, accommodate, consider
n. 能力，資格;能耐，才能;
?? -ability 后綴,表示能力,合適性##-ility 后綴;表示”意義,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
該系統(tǒng)能夠同時運行一個以上的程序。
近義：aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness
反義：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
v. 意識到;察覺，發(fā)覺;理解;
?? per通過+ceive拿，抓，握住 → 知覺；發(fā)覺
"Did you perceive a red colour or a green one?"
你看出來是紅顏色還是綠顏色?
近義：identify, apprehend, note, notice, observe, auscultate
反義：neglect, overleap, overlook, pass, pretermit, slight
adv. 的確，確實，實在;實際上，真正地;真的，真是;甚至;
?? 在行為（deed）事實里（in）即 確實
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陳述的實際要求確實是無關(guān)緊要的.
近義：assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea
反義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
blindfold
['blaindf?uld]
vt. （尤指用布）擋住（某人）的視線;蒙住（某人）的眼睛;使不理解;蒙騙;
n. 蒙眼的繃帶[布等];障眼物，蒙蔽人的事物;
adj.& adv. 被蒙住眼睛的（地）;盲目的（地）;不謹(jǐn)慎的（地）;魯莽的（地）;
"The prisoner wore a blindfold when he was executed."
行刑時犯人戴著眼罩.
近義：blindfolding, eyecover