It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
他那时的工作是修理自行车,并且通常是一天工作14个小时。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 31 Success story
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 修理;纠正;恢复;弥补;
n. 修理;修理工作;维修状态;经修理的东西;
💡 re再+pair回到最初状态 →重新回复正常→修理
"The fore end tube plate of the condenser has cracked beyond repair."
冷凝器前端破裂得无法修理了.
近义:mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
反义:impair, disarrange, disorder, ruin, hurt, impairment
num. 十四;十四个;第十四;
n. 十四的记号;十四岁;十四点钟;十五世纪;
💡 four四+teen十 → 十四
"A group of students filed in, fourteen or fifteen all told."
一队学生鱼贯而入, 共有十四五个人.
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用( use的过去式和过去分词);常常,经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义:outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义:unused, unworn
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam