Imagine a pen attached to the weight in such a way that its point rests upon a piece of paper on the floor.
假定把一支筆拴在重物上，筆尖落在地板上的一張紙上，
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt. 想，設想;想像;料想，猜想;誤認為;
vi. 想象;猜想，推測;
?? imag=image圖像+ine...的→有關圖像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在網球賽中,我竟被一位70高齡的老人擊敗,請想像一下我當時的驚愕狀態.
近義：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
n. 重量，體重;重擔，重任;重要;[統]權，加重值，權重;
vt. 加重于，使變重;使負重，使負擔或壓迫;[統]使加權，附加加重值于;
?? weigh(重)+t(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→重量；重要
"The roof collapsed under the weight of snow."
房頂在雪的重壓下突然坍塌下來。
近義：oppress, overburden, overwhelm, persecute, burden, cumber
反義：unburden, unload, dump
n. 點;要點;得分;標點;
vt. （意思上）指向;削尖;加標點于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
?? point(prick)→點；地點；目的；時刻；使銳利；指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
種族間的緊張狀態已達到一觸即發的程度。
近義：range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
attached
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adj. 附加的，附屬的;依戀的;愛慕的;
v. 貼上，系，附上( attach的過去式和過去分詞);
"I've never seen two people so attached to each other."
我從未見過兩個人如此形影不離。
近義：included, enclosed, annexed, herewith
prep. 在…上面;當…時候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是國王賜給他的頭銜。
近義：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er