After I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal ball and said: 'A relation of yours is coming to see you.
“您的一个亲戚就要来看您了。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 60 The future

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

crystal ['krɪstl] 词频2
n. 结晶(体);晶体;水晶;水晶饰品; adj. 水晶的;水晶般的;透明的;清楚的;
💡 crystall 表”晶体,冰,透明的”
"Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year."
不用水晶球预卜未来,我们说不准明年处境如何呀。
近义:glass
relation [rɪ'leʃən] 词频1 词根: lat
n. 关系;联系;关联;亲属;
💡 relat=relate关联 + ion 名词后缀 → 关系,联系;家属
"The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see."
疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的.
近义:interrelation, link, association, relationship, respect, bearing
given ['ɡɪvn] 词频1
adj. 指定的,确定的;假设的,假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的; prep. (表示原因)考虑到;(表示假设)倘若,假定; n. 假设; v. 给予,赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义:particular 反义:indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
money ['mʌni] 词频1
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱,家长会“骂你”(谐音)
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义:assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
ball [bɔl] 词频2 词根: /bɔ/
n. 球;棒球(投手投出的)坏球;拇指球;舞会; vt. 做成球状,使成团块;(指男性)和(女性)交媾(美式英语); vi. 呈球形,成团块;[美国俚语、口语]狂欢作乐,消遣;尽情作乐,尽情地玩;
💡 抱(谐音) 球参加 舞会
"Are you going to the ball game?"
你去看棒球赛吗?
近义:conglobate, conglobe, clew, agglomerate, agglutinate, roll

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