People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.
人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出——哪怕是拙劣的演出。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
free [fri] 词频1
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的; adv. 免费地;自由地，无拘束地;一帆风顺地; vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义：liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise 反义：immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
show [ʃo] 词频1
vt.& vi. 给…看;表现出;显露出;上演; vt. 说明;指示;表明;演示; n. 展览;显示;外观;表演; vi. 被人看见，显现，显而易见;
💡 秀”(谐音): 做秀就是 展示自己
"After the show, we were allowed to go backstage to meet the cast."
表演结束之后，我们获准到后台和演员见面。
近义：present, raise, showcase, unhide, display, exhibit 反义：mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

We'll see his boat and then we'll say goodbye to him.
我们将参观他的船，然后和他告别。
She must be at least thirty-five years old.
她至少也有35岁了。
The girl 'gave' her mother a free dress once a week!
那姑娘每星期“送”她母亲一件免费的衣服！
They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。
She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.
她开心地迫使那位售货员把橱窗里几乎所有的东西都拿了出来，最后才买下了她最先要看的那一件。
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。