If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell.
如果地震輕微，只有不穩(wěn)定的木棒倒下；
新概念英語(yǔ)第四冊(cè)
Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 溫和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使溫和;使馴服;
n. 蛆;餌;
?? gen “出生,種族”#詞根助記：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
溫文爾雅的男士
近義：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反義：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
unstable
[?n'stebl]
adj. 不穩(wěn)固的;不堅(jiān)定的;易變的;反復(fù)無(wú)常的;
?? un不+stable穩(wěn)定, 具有某種性質(zhì)的 → 不牢固的, 不穩(wěn)定的
"The political situation remains highly unstable."
政局仍然十分動(dòng)蕩。
近義：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
反義：poised, balanced, sensible, stalwart, steadfast, steady
vt. 砍倒，打倒;
n. 獸皮;一季的木材采伐量;
adj. 殘忍的;兇惡的;
v. 掉下;摔倒;變壞(fall的過(guò)去式);
?? 和fall的過(guò)去式fell拼寫(xiě)一致 *
"He hacked at the branch until it fell off."
他朝著樹(shù)枝砍,直到砍下來(lái)為止.
近義：noxious, mortiferous, deadly, deleterious, fatal, level