But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets ----the astronomical distances which separate us.
然而，在和外星人聯(lián)系中我們遇到的最大困難是分隔我們的天文距離。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
adj. 困難的;難做的;難解的;不易相處的;
?? dif不+fic做+ult表名詞→不好做→困難的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術形式。
近義：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
n. 接觸;觸點;[醫(yī)]（傳染?。┙佑|人;門路;
vt. 使接觸;與…聯(lián)系;與…通訊（或通話）;
vi. 聯(lián)系，接觸;
?? con共同+tact接觸→共同接觸 → 接觸；聯(lián)系
"I don't have much contact with my uncle."
我和叔父甚少聯(lián)系。
近義：reach, touch, nexus, relations, relationship, ties
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 分開;（使）分離;區(qū)分;隔開;
vt. 分離（混合物）;分居;分類;割開;
vi. 分手;斷裂;（夫妻）分居;斷絕關系;
?? separ分離 + ate 形容詞后綴 具有...的 → adj.分離的；個別的
"Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat."
生肉和熟肉必須分開存放。
近義：isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
反義：articulate, link, rabbet, splice, stick, tie