and his hero was firmly rooted in his memories and experiences, and in both the history and the mythology of the vanished frontier.
他塑造的英雄人物深深地扎根于他本人的記憶和經歷之中，也扎根于有關已經消失的拓荒生活的歷史和神話之中。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 21 William SHart and the early 'Western' film
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 堅固地;穩固地;堅定地;堅決地;
?? firm堅固的+ly...地 → 堅固地
"Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe."
旋緊水管之前,檢查一下洗衣機是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了.
近義：intently, massively, assuredly, plumply, securely, solidly
反義：resiliently, elastically
n. 歷史，歷史學;發展史;履歷，經歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 邊疆，邊境;邊界，邊緣;尚待開發的領域;
adj. 邊疆的，邊界的;新墾地的，邊地的;開拓的;
?? front前面+ier表名詞，人或物 →邊疆，邊境
"the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes"
撒克遜人土地和古斯堪的納維亞人土地的邊界
近義：march, marchland, precinct, border, borderland, boundary
n. 神話學;神話（總稱）;虛構的事實;錯誤的觀點;
?? myth神話+ology...學 → 神話學
"In Greek mythology, Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men."
在希臘神話中, 宙斯是眾神和人類的統治者.
hero
['h?ro]
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詞根: /hi:/
n. 英雄，勇士;男主角;（古代神話中的）神人，半神的勇士;
?? 她的(her)的心(o)獻給 英雄
"His identification with the hero of the book made him sleepless."
對書中主人公的同情使他睡不著.
近義：leader, luminary, notable, personage, strongman, celebrity