for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.
直到他的背影消逝，才重新将注意力转向斗牛士。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 70 Red for danger

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

once [wʌns] 词频1
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦; conj. 一旦…就…;一经; n. 一次，一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
turning ['tɝnɪŋ]
n. 旋转;转向;转弯处;车工工艺; v. 转动;扭转;（使）变成;“turn”的现在分词;
💡 turn转+ing名词后缀 → 转向；旋转
"Not turning up was just a cop-out."
不露面只不过是在逃避而已。
近义：turn, bend, corner, curve, revolution, rotation
attention [ə'tɛnʃən] 词频1 词根: tend
n. 注意，注意力;照料，关怀;殷勤; int. [口令]立正;
💡 at向+tent延伸+ion表名词 →伸展出去听别人讲 →注意力
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他专心注视着屏幕，只是心不在焉地点了点头。
近义：heedfulness, application, industriousness, intentness, interest, mindfulness 反义：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
sympathetically [[ˌsimpə'θetikli]]
adv. 怜悯地, 同情地
近义：mercifully
until [ən'tɪl] 词频1
prep. 到…为止;在…以前; conj. 到…为止，在…以前;直到…才;
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义：till, to, unto

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.
“我一个字也听不见了！”
She never thought of it again,
此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。
Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water.
她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。
'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr.John Gilbert.'
“不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰。吉尔伯特先生。”
'You don't need bookcases at all.You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!'
“你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这儿读地毯！”
If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。