They had laboured for three years to produce this floating work of art;
瑞典人辛辛苦苦干了3年才建成這件水上藝術品，
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 27 The 'Vasa'
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt.& vi. 生產;產生;制作;創作;
vt. 制造;出示;引起;[經濟學]生利;
n. 產品;產量;產額;結果;
?? pro向前+duce引導，帶來→引向前→生產
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我們期望作家們寫出更多更好的作品.
近義：induce, make, net, pay, procure, render
反義：use, spend, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust
floating
['fl?uti?]
adj. 不固定的，流動的，浮動的;
v. （使）浮動( float的現在分詞 );（使）漂浮[飄動];（使貨幣匯率）自由浮動;輕盈走動;
"a bloated body floating in the canal"
溝渠里一具發脹的浮尸
近義：buoyancy, floatage, floatation, flotage, flotation, supernatant
反義：shipwreck, wreck, capsizing, shipwrecked
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工廠;行為，事業;
vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam