This professor has put all of his students to sleep except two.
这位教授使得除了两人以外的所有学生都入睡了。
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professor [prə'fɛsɚ] 词频1 词根: fess
n. 教授;(大学的)讲师,教员;自称者,宣称者;
💡 pro在前面+fess说+or人→在前面说话的人→教授
"With the words he handed Professor Wang a tube."
说着他交给王教授一个试管.
近义:instructor, master, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher, beak 反义:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
except [ɪk'sɛpt] 词频1 词根: ceive
vt. 把…除外;不计; prep. 除…外; conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外; vi. 反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
💡 ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring 反义:realize, accommodate, consider
sleep [slip] 词频1
vi.& link-v. 睡,睡觉; vi. 睡,睡觉;睡眠状态; vt. 为…提供床位;提供住宿;以睡觉打发日子; n. 睡眠;
💡 s(睡)+l+ee(眼睛)+p: 睡觉 船(ship)上的她入睡(sleep)后像只绵羊(sheep)
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:doss, doze, kip, shuteye, rheum 反义:awaken, rouse, nonsleep, restlessness, sleeplessness, wakefulness
students
n. (尤指大专院校的)学生(student的复数)
近义:class

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