that twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would be capable of turning the present-day world upside down, or even destroying it.
二三十頁(yè)材料中的思想和情報(bào)會(huì)使當(dāng)今的世界天翻地覆，甚至毀滅這個(gè)世界。
新概念英語(yǔ)第四冊(cè)
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 信息，數(shù)據(jù);通知;消息;知識(shí);
?? in進(jìn)+form形狀+ation名詞后綴→通知的東西→信息
"The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials."
各種資料與建議縮短為極簡(jiǎn)單的要點(diǎn).
近義：notice, word, communication, info, intelligence, gen
adj. 能干的;有才能的;有才華的;能勝任的;
n. 有才能的，能干的;
?? cap握住+able形容詞后綴,具有某種性質(zhì)的 → 有能力的，有才能的
"He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble."
靠撒謊渡過(guò)難關(guān)他挺有一套。
近義：apt, proficient, qualified, skilled, suitable, usable
反義：incompetent, inefficient, unable, uncapable, unfit, unqualified
n. 旋轉(zhuǎn);轉(zhuǎn)向;轉(zhuǎn)彎處;車(chē)工工藝;
v. 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng);扭轉(zhuǎn);（使）變成;“turn”的現(xiàn)在分詞;
?? turn轉(zhuǎn)+ing名詞后綴 → 轉(zhuǎn)向；旋轉(zhuǎn)
"Not turning up was just a cop-out."
不露面只不過(guò)是在逃避而已。
近義：turn, bend, corner, curve, revolution, rotation
adj. 現(xiàn)在的;目前的;出席的;[語(yǔ)法學(xué)]現(xiàn)在時(shí)的;
n. 現(xiàn)在;禮物;瞄準(zhǔn);
?? pres前+ent名詞后綴 → 禮物，贈(zèng)送物
"a belated birthday present"
遲來(lái)的生日禮物
近義：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反義：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 二十，二十個(gè);二十多歲;二十年代;許多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
?? twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
農(nóng)民摘掉了二十個(gè)梨子。