Almost any day a young porpoise may be seen trying to turn a 300-pound sea turtle over by sticking his snout under the edge of his shell and pushing up for dear life.
幾乎每天都可以看到一只小海豚把鼻子頂入一只300磅重的海龜的硬殼下面，拼命地把它翻過來。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 18 Porpoises
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 幾乎，差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? al(all)+most→差不多；幾乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜歡。
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反義：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 年幼的;有朝氣的;年輕人的;青年的;
n. 年輕人;幼小的動物，崽;
?? 秧”（諧音）苗當然是 年輕的。有（U）勇(yong)的 年輕人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言論使許多年輕選民離他而去。
近義：offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反義：antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
vt.& vi. 使轉動;旋轉;使改變方向;使不適;
vt. 使變酸;使變換;使變為;
n. 翻轉;（路線或方向的）改變;機會;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義：loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反義：reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
n. 英鎊;磅;獸欄;重擊聲;
vt.& vi. 連續重擊;咚咚地走;
vi. （持續地）苦干;（駕舟時）拍打（水面）;（心臟）狂跳;腳步沉重地走（或跑）;
vt. 連續重擊;搗碎，碾碎;強迫吸收;猛烈襲擊;
?? 圓形(round)的路牌(p)有一 磅重 婆(po)蹲(und-dun) 英鎊上笑
"a pound of carrots"
一磅胡蘿卜
近義：hit, knock, lambaste, pommel, pummel, bash