The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 洞穴;〈方〉地窖;
vt.& vi. （使）塌陷，倒塌;暗中破坏;
vi. 屈服;
💡 cav洞+e → 山洞，洞穴，窑洞
"a dark dank cave"
阴暗潮湿的洞穴
近义：dig, excavate, cavern, crypt, den, dugout
vt.& vi. 失败，不及格;倒闭，破产;缺乏;衰退;
vi. 衰退;失败，不及格;破产;不足;
vt. 不及格;使失望;忘记;舍弃;
n. 失败，失误;不及格;不及格者;[商]期货交割失期;
💡 fals, fall =err,deceive,表示”犯错误,欺骗”
"I will give you a present on your birthday without fail."
你生日时我一定送你一份礼物.
近义：flunk, miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle
反义：qualify, prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome
vt. 收集;收藏;接走;聚积;
vi. 募捐;募集;
adj. 由受话人付费的;
💡 col共同+lect选择→放在一起选择→收集
"Collect the books and put them in a pile on my desk."
把书收起来放在我的桌子上.
近义：heap, hoard, lump, muster, recollect, retake
反义：scatter, spread, diffuse, dispel, disseminate, dissipate
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
vt. 埋葬，葬;为…举行葬礼;隐藏，埋藏，遮盖，掩蔽;专心致志于，埋头于，沉溺于;
n. 布里;
💡 buy(买)+r(人):买棺材 掩埋人 网友： 挑战蚂蚁 kim 一句话背单词 补充： 真正的记法：bu是埋藏的意思，如bus , r是根的意思，根在土中，当然
"Will the time never come when we may honourably bury the hatchet?"
难道我们永远不可能有个体面地休战的时候 吗 ?
近义：immure, inhume, inter, sepulchre, tomb, entomb
反义：hollow, poke, quarry, rout, scoop, shovel