If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.
如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 入侵，侵略;侵害，侵犯;侵袭;[医]发病;
💡 in进+vas走+ion表名词→进入把人赶走 → 入侵，侵略
"There was widespread condemnation of the invasion."
那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
近义：incursion, inroad, irruption, assault, attack, offensive
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. 不列颠的;英国的;英国人的;英国英语的;
n. （总称）英国人;英国英语;
"His deeds went down in the annals of British history."
他的事迹已载入英国史册。
近义：britannic, briton
a. 完整的；完全的
近义：perfect, terminated, accomplished, complete, concluded, done
反义：imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, undone, unfinished