If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
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?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. <美>飛機(jī);
?? air空氣+plane飛機(jī) → 飛機(jī)
"They arrived in Belgium by airplane ."
他們乘飛機(jī)到達(dá)比利時。
近義：jet, plane, aeromotor, aeroplane, aircraft, airliner
adv. 大概;或許;很可能;備不住;
?? probab=probable可能的+ly表副詞 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有關(guān)他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構(gòu)的.
近義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反義：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
vt. 創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作;產(chǎn)生;封爵，把…封為（貴族）;
vi. [英][俚]大發(fā)脾氣，大發(fā)牢騷;
?? cre增長，產(chǎn)生+ate造成→增長→創(chuàng)造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音樂和燈光襯托出了適宜的氛圍。
近義：indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業(yè);
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adv. （在）今天;現(xiàn)在;現(xiàn)今;現(xiàn)代，當(dāng)代;
n. 今天，今日;現(xiàn)代，當(dāng)代;現(xiàn)今;
?? 到（to）的天（day），是 今天
"Blimey, it's hot today."
哎呀，今天真熱。
近義：now, nowadays
n. 大小，尺寸;規(guī)模;膠料，漿糊;巨大，大量;
vt. 按大小排列;改變…的大小;上膠料，上漿;上涂料;
adj. 一定尺寸的;
?? 四(si)則(ze)運(yùn)算量 尺寸
"This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem."
這個報告承認(rèn)了問題的嚴(yán)重性。
近義：dimension, magnitude, roominess, spaciousness, vastness, volume
反義：shortness, slightness, tininess, trifle, minuteness, diminutiveness