Tim is an engineer.He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
蒂姆是个工程师，正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 工程师，技师;（轮船的）机师;〈美〉（火车的）司机，;（陆军的）工兵;
vt. 设计，策划;安排或处理;改变…的基因（或遗传）结构;
💡 engine发动机+er人 →工程师
"They're sending an engineer to fix the phone."
他们要派一名技师来安装电话。
近义：invent, style, blueprint, conceive, contrive, delineate
反义：recopy, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, trace, transcribe
adj. 坚固的，坚牢的;坚定的，坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号，商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地，稳固地;
vt. 使坚定，使牢固;
vi. 变坚实，变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义：office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
adj. 不同的;各式各样的;个别的;不平常;
💡 differ相异+ent...的 →不同的
"a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes"
一大批形状大小不一的瓶子
近义：heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical
反义：identical, indistinct, kindred, like, resembling, same
n. 工作, 运转, 劳动\\na. 工作的, 劳动的, 经营的, 抽搐的, 运转的
近义：march, operation, performance, running, behavior, actuating