Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them.
突然他们听到身后有声音。
新概念英语第一册
Lesson 119 A true story
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来,而且高度警觉。
近义:impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义:progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
prep. (表示位置)在…的后面;支持;(表示顺序)在身后;(表示比较)落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;(落)在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义:back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义:quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 嗓音;(动词的)语态;呼声,发言权;歌唱才能;
vt. 发音;表达,说出;给(一部乐曲)配上声部;给(如管风琴音管)整声;
"an amiable tone of voice"
亲切的声调
近义:articulate, mouth, phrase, pronounce, release, reveal
v. 听到,听见( hear的过去式和过去分词 );听说;得知;听取;
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.