and found our then prevailing primitive state completely uninteresting to their own advanced knowledge.
并且發現我們地球當時普遍存在著的原始狀態同他們先進的知識相比是索然無味的。
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space

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從本句中提取的重要詞匯

found [fa?nd] 詞頻1 詞根: found
vt. 創辦,成立,建立; v. 發現( find的過去式);找到;到達;發覺;
?? found基礎 → 為(房屋等)打基礎,建立,創立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 燈里或瓶子中總是裝有妖怪.
近義:base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest 反義:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
primitive ['pr?m?t?v] 詞頻2 詞根: prim
adj. 原始的;發展水平低的;落后的;[生物學]原生的; n. 原始人;早期的藝術家(作品);單純的人:不世故的人;自學的藝術家;
?? prim第一,主要+itive形容詞后綴 →原始的
"All these drums remain from the primitive period."
這些鼓舞都帶有原始遺存的含義。
近義:indigenous, native, original, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous 反義:mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
state [stet] 詞頻1 詞根: sta
n. 國家;州;狀況,情況;資格; vt. 規定;陳述,聲明; adj. 國家的;國務的,公務的;正式的;
?? stat站立+e強調 → 國家;狀態
"Dot arrived in a state of great agitation."
多特到達時十分焦慮不安。
近義:hold, maintain, assert, asseverate, manifest, assure
completely [k?m'plitli] 詞頻1 詞根: 充滿
adv. 完全地;完整地;完全,徹底,全部,一干二凈;很,非常,充分,十分,萬分;
?? com 共同 + plete=plet滿,填滿 + ly ...地 → adv. 完全地,徹底地;完整地
"No funding will be available until the technology is completely proven."
該技術得到充分驗證后才會有撥款.
近義:absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively 反義:insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively
knowledge ['nɑl?d?] 詞頻1 詞根: 知道
n. 了解,理解;知識(表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法);學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience 反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness

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