Twenty people had already left.
有20个人已经离去。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 15 Good news

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
twenty ['twɛnti] 词频1
n. 二十，二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多，大量; num. 二十; adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。
left [lɛft] 词频1
adj. 左边的，左侧的;左派的; n. 左，左面;[军]左翼;左派，激进分子; adv. 向左;在左边; v. 离开( leave的过去式和过去分词);
"He left school at the age of 18."
他18岁读完中学。
近义：nigh, leftover, pending, remaining, remanent, residual 反义：lacking, short
already [ɔl'rɛdi] 词频1 词根: al
adv. 早已，已经;先前;
💡 all(所有)+ready(准备):所有都准备好了- 已经
"He was already aboard the plane."
他已经登机了。

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.
飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。
I arrived in London at last.
我终于到了伦敦。
A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
然而就在前不久，他开上了公共汽车，也并不为此而感到后悔。
He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.
他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。
This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.
这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。
'Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.'
“没关系，但我准备去牙医那里。”我说了个谎。