It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.
它是一栋非常现代化的住宅,因此在有些人看来很古怪。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 23 A new house
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人,现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体,指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义:mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
house
[haʊs]
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词根: /hə/
n. 房屋;全家人;(从事某种生意的)公司;(英国)下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
树林中的一座房子
近义:host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate
反义:oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
adj. 陌生的,生疏的;奇怪的,古怪的;疏远的;外国的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
💡 事真奇”(谐音)即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一连串奇怪的事
近义:odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反义:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 美貌
近义:appearance, appearances, image, look, aspect, seeming