I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 78 The last one
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 集中;专心;关注;浓度;
💡 con共同+centr中心+ation后缀→集中；浓缩
"This book requires a great deal of concentration."
这本书需要全神贯注才能读懂。
近义：throng, confluence, crowd, heedfulness, application, intentness
反义：dissolution, dissolving, impoliteness, inattention, inattentiveness, absentmindedness
n. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴，享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀，表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义：please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义：indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
cigarette
['sɪɡərɛt]
n. 纸烟，香烟;
💡 cigar雪茄+ette表名词 →香烟
"A cigarette set the dry grass alight ."
一支香烟把干草点燃了。
近义：cigaret, fag
adj. 确信的，确实的;有把握的;无疑的;一定的;
adv. 当然;确实地;无疑地;
"Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard."
务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。
近义：inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indefectible, indisputable, indubitable
反义：hesitant, hesitative, imprecise, improbable, inconclusive, indecisive
n. 末尾;最后;上个;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 经受住;到…之后;够用;足够维持（尤指某段时间）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持续;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月，双方签订了和平条约。
近义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire