A burst of activity associated with the laying of submarine cables soon confirmed the Challenger's observation that many parts of the ocean were two to three miles deep,
海洋中很多地方可深達兩三英里,
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 30 Exploring the sea-floor

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activity [?k't?viti] 詞頻1 詞根: act
n. 活動;活躍,敏捷;活動力;教育活動;
?? act行動,做+ivity狀態→活動
"The streets were noisy and full of activity."
街上熙熙攘攘,車水馬龍。
近義:motion, action, job, occupation, profession 反義:idleness, inaction, inertia, laziness, leisure, otioseness
submarine [,s?bm?'rin] 詞頻3 詞根: sub
n. 潛艇;海底生物; adj. 水下的,海底的; vt. 用潛艇攻擊; vi. 駕駛潛艇;劃入底下;
?? sub在下面+marine海洋的→在海下面→海底的;潛水艇
"Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up."
不一會兒, 潛水艇內所有的東西都扣緊了.
近義:sub, subaquatic, undersea, underwater, hero
observation [,ɑbz?'ve??n] 詞頻2 詞根: serv
n. 觀察;觀察力;評論;觀察所得;
?? ob加強動作+serv服務,保持+ation名詞后綴 → 觀察
"Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals' behaviour."
大部分信息都是通過直接觀察動物的行為收集到的。
近義:inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study, consideration, note 反義:applause, approbation, assent, nodding, o.k., ok
burst [b?st] 詞頻1 詞根: br-
vi. 爆裂,炸破;使爆炸;充滿,塞滿;爆發; vt. 使爆炸;沖破,脹破;分幀,分頁,分隔; n. 爆炸;爆裂;爆發;突發;
?? 爆死它(諧音): 爆炸 bur(burn燃燒)+st(翻轉):燃燒翻轉- 爆炸
"That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more."
你再給氣球充氣,它就要爆了。
近義:pop, blast, blow, detonate, explode, rupture
soon [sun] 詞頻1
adv. 立刻,馬上;一會兒,不久;快;寧愿;
?? 速(諧音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly 反義:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore

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