There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.
訓(xùn)練了一半的小象，由于不可避免的情況與他們的主人分離后，竟拒絕吃食，消瘦至死。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 41 Training elephants
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 環(huán)境，境遇;事實，細(xì)節(jié);典禮，儀式;
vt. 使處于某種特定的情況之下;
?? circum環(huán)繞，周圍+stance站→站在周圍→環(huán)境
"You should soon accommodate yourself to the new circumstance."
你應(yīng)盡快適應(yīng)新環(huán)境.
近義：particular, cause, detail, fact, factor, incident
反義：implication, importance, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce
adj. 一半的，半個的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會等的）半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產(chǎn)投資于一個新企業(yè).
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi
反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
n. 象，大象;
?? 大象尾巴上有螞蟻(ant)
"The new office block has become an expensive white elephant."
這座新辦公大樓成了昂貴的擺設(shè)。
近義：jumbo
vt. 喂養(yǎng);滿足（欲望等）;向…提供;供…作食物;
vi. 吃，以…為食;流入，注入，進(jìn)入（如油流入機(jī)器）;[電子學(xué)]饋入;
n. 飼料（尤指粗飼料），施肥;喂送;草料;（尤指向地方性電視臺）饋送電視節(jié)目;
?? 粗劣的食物(food)可以 喂牲口
"Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter."
鳥類靠堅果和漿果過冬。
近義：maintain, nourish, nurture, support, sustain, uphold
反義：underfeed