About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.
旅程開始時拴在下邊的人大約有三分之一已經不見了。
高三英語課文 Unit 14 Roots

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
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
below [b?'lo] 詞頻1
adv. 在下面,到下面; prep. (表示位置)在…下面;(表示狀態)在…掩飾之下;(表示比較)不及;低于;
?? be構成一些介詞+low低的→在…下面
"He dived below the surface of the water."
他潛入了水中。
近義:infra, under, underneath, beneath 反義:above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
beginning [b?'ɡ?n??] 詞頻2
n. 開始;根源;原始思想;前兆; v. 開始( begin的現在分詞);
?? beginn=begin開始+ing表名詞→開始,開端;起源
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
從頭到尾他的行為既卑鄙又可惡.
近義:inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, leadoff, nascence 反義:outcome, pause, result, stop, suspension, termination
journey ['d??ni] 詞頻1 詞根: journ
n. 旅行,旅程行期;歷程,過程; vi. 旅行,出游; vt. 在…旅行或旅行到過…;
?? journ日期+ey表名詞 → 按日期計算的行程 → 旅行,旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大約花了七個小時。
近義:peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
missing ['m?s??] 詞頻2 詞根: 投擲
adj. 失去的;下落不明的; v. 錯過( miss的現在分詞);
?? miss 表示“丟失”\" + ing [名詞后綴],構成抽象名詞,表示行為、狀態、情況及其他 → a.缺掉的,失去的
"The missing letter had been misfiled."
找不著的那封信放錯地方了。
近義:absent, lost, astray, mislaid, stray, departed 反義:coexistent, contemporary, current, existent, left, leftover

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