'Would a later train get you to work on time?' asked the inspector.
“晚一点儿的车也能送您按时上班吗？”
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 87 A perfect alibi
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 火车;行列;一系列相关的事情; 拖裾;
v. 训练;教育;培养;修整;
💡 train(draw)→教养；训练；列车；行列；导火线
"The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether."
火车愈来愈慢，最后完全停了。
近义：illustrate, instruct, master, prepare, qualify, raise
n. 检查员;（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员;（警察）巡官;检阅官;
💡 in内+spect看+or表示人→检查员
"The document was duly signed by the inspector."
这份文件已由检查员签妥。
近义：invigilator, overseer, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, checker
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
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
later
['letɚ]
adv. 较晚地;以后，过后;后来;随后;
adj. 后来的;以后的;接近末期的;晚年的;
"He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later."
他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
近义：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following
反义：precedent, prevenient, previous, prior, forefatherly, advance