Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.
消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才最后把火势控制住。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 62 After the fire
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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
n. 森林;丛林;（森林似的）一丛;一片;
vt. 在…造林，使长满树林，使成为森林;
💡 佛(fo)休息(rest)在 森林
"Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year."
每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。
近义：afforest, wilderness, woodland, woods, selva, grove
反义：badland, barren, wasteland, wilderness, parched, uninhabited
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义：underneath, below, beneath
反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
vt. 控制;管理;限制;支配;
n. 支配权;操纵者;（对国家、地区、机构等的）管理权;（键盘上的）控制键;
"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：rig, manipulate, manage, operate, regulate, run
反义：obey, follow, heed, hold, honor, keep
a. 战斗的, 容易引起争斗的, 适于格斗的, 好斗的, 好战的, 斗争的, 搏斗的\\nn. 战斗, 斗争, 搏斗
近义：quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrambling, scrap