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

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exactly [?ɡ'z?ktli] 詞頻1 詞根: ex
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
fate [fet] 詞頻1 詞根: fate
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
dead [d?d] 詞頻1
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
sabre ['seib?]
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
giant ['d?a??nt] 詞頻1
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

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