And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate.
大象死后,一些食肉動物,如劍齒虎和大灰狼就來吃大象,結果遭到了同樣的命運。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 26 The past life of the earth
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 精確地;確切地;完全地,全然;恰恰;
?? ex出,出去+act行動,做+ly表示狀態、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精確地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已將那位作家的風格確切地刻畫出來了.
近義:identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反義:inaccurately
n. 命運,宿命;災難,死亡;命中注定的事(尤指壞事);
v. 注定;
?? fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”說”#詞根助記:fate=上帝的話
"They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them."
他們并不知道即將降臨到他們頭上的厄運。
近義:predestine, preordain, foreordain, karma, lot, misfortune
adj. 死去的;完全的;無感覺的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;絕對;極度;
n. 死者;(死一樣的)寂靜;極寒時候;
?? 呆的,人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我們不知道他是死是活。
近義:asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反義:mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
n. 軍刀;馬刀;(擊劍時用的)尖細的輕劍;武力威脅;
vt. 用軍刀斬;
"His face was seamed with sabre cuts."
他的臉上留有馬刀砍下的傷痕.
近義:saber, cutlass
n. 巨人,大漢;巨獸,巨物;卓越人物;
adj. 特大的,巨大的;偉大的;
?? 雞(gi)對于螞蟻(ant)來說是 巨人
"Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads."
從前有個兩頭巨人.
近義:behemoth, monster, colossus, jumbo, colossal, enormous
反義:midget, runt