Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官員們過去總是搞不清埃利斯島過境人員的外國姓名,因為他們非常繁忙,所以在過境的人蜂擁而至的時候,許多人的姓名都被更改了。
高三英語課文
Unit 13 The USA
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 麻煩;煩惱;故障;動亂;
vi. 費心;煩惱;
vt. 麻煩;使煩惱;折磨;
?? turb = stir”表示”攪動”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我們在撬樹根時遇到了很多麻煩.
近義:inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
adj. 外國的,外交的;外來的;不相干的;[醫]異質的;
?? fore 表示”論壇,公共發言的地方”,”戶外,
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻譯作品不能真正欣賞到外國文學原著的美妙之處。
近義:newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
反義:indigenous, native, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, primeval
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
n. 島,島嶼;
vt. 使孤立;
?? isl(island)+and(名詞后綴)→島;島嶼;島狀物;使成為島;孤立
"Sugar is an important crop on the island."
糖料作物是這個島上的一種重要作物。
近義:isle, insular
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義:since, whereas, for, forasmuchas