Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
几乎过了一个星期，那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 33 Out of the darkness

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

nearly ['nɪrli] 词频1
adv. 几乎，差不多;险乎;
💡 near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他过了半辈子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下来.
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
explain [ɪk'splen] 词频1 词根: plain
vt.& vi. 讲解，解释; vt. 说明…的原因，辩解; vi. 说明，解释，辩解;
💡 ex 出+ plain清楚的→ 说清楚的 → 解释
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：justify, illustrate, pose, prove, rede, resolve 反义：implicate, mat, muddle, mystify, ravel, snag
girl [ɡɝl] 词频1
n. 女孩;姑娘，未婚女子;女职员，女演员;（男人的）女朋友;
💡 手写体字母g像个跳舞的女孩
"a girl in a blue dress and ankle socks"
身穿蓝色连衣裙和套袜的女孩
近义：jill, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, miss 反义：grandam, son, child, descendant
able ['eibl] 词频1
adj. 能够的;有能力的;有才干的;干练的;
💡 阿(a)爸(b)乐(le)是 有能力的表现 网友：悟理 agitate 英语天才 补充：一个(a)有能力的伯乐(b le) 背英语AB快乐的人是有能力的
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义：apt, artful, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled 反义：heavy, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, oafish, awkward
week [wik] 词频1
n. 一星期，周;工作周（一个星期中的工作时间）;
"We shall drive over to see you next week."
我们下星期开车来看你.

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

I stopped and he asked me for a lift.
我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。
She never thought of it again,
此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。
As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool.
由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。
The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet.
于是飞机可以上升了，它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去。
As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见，所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。
Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.
同他父亲一样，他也驾驶着一辆名叫“蓝鸟”的汽车。