I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster,
我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 85 Never too old to learn

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

former ['fɔrmɚ] 词频1
adj. 以前的，从前的;在前的;前任的; n. 模型，样板;构成者，创造者;起形成作用的人;[无线]线圈架;
💡 form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有几位是以前的上司或老板。
近义：onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old 反义：hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
headmaster [,hɛd'mæstɚ]
n. （私立学校的）校长;
💡 head头 + master主人→ 学校里最高层的管理者→ 英国中小学校长, 男舍监
"The boy was ill at ease in the presence of the headmaster."
那男孩在校长面前感到局促不安.
近义：principal
received [[ri'si:vd]]
a. 被一般承认的, 公认的
近义：standard 反义：nonconforming, nonconventional, atypical, unconventional, unorthodox
letter ['lɛtɚ] 词频1 词根: 文字
n. 信;证书，许可证;字母，文字;字面意义; vt. 用字母标明;写字母于;加标题; vi. 写印刷体字母;
"a letter of accreditation"
一份合格证明书
近义：label, mark, docket, missive, note, epistle
school [skul] 词频1
n. 学校;上学;学院;群; vt. 训练，锻炼;教育，教导;约束;给…上学;
💡 到001(ool) 学校“死哭啊”/“是苦啊
"repeated absences from school"
一再缺课
近义：illustrate, instruct, raise, rear, refine, teach

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

He will soon visit Darwin.
他不久还将到达达尔文去，
He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，
for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.
因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。
Mrs.Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
安。斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。
So I decided to make some meat pies.
于是我决定做些肉馅饼。
The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused.
警察虽然吃了苦头，但他们还是感到很有趣。