As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.
因为预料到他们在经过长途旅行之后会感到饥饿，所以为他们摆放好了食品。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 96 The dead return

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

journey ['dʒɝni] 词频1 词根: journ
n. 旅行，旅程行期;历程，过程; vi. 旅行，出游; vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行，旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义：peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
hungry ['hʌŋɡri] 词频1 词根: /hʌn/
adj. 饥饿的;渴望的，渴望得到;（统称）饥民;荒年的，不毛的;
💡 因为hungry(饿)，匆忙(hurry)去买饭。 网友：马 补充：已婚(hun)女孩(gr)比丫头(y)饥渴
"Is anyone getting hungry?"
有人觉得饿吗？
近义：hungering, peckish, ravenous, starved, starveling, starving 反义：jaded, replete, sated, satiate, satisfied, overfilled
long [lɔŋ] 词频1 词根: /lə/
adj. 长的;长时间的;冗长的，过长的;长音的; adv. 长久地;始终;遥远地; n. 长时间，长时期;[语]长音节;（服装的）长尺寸;长裤; vi. 渴望，极想;
💡 渴望见到很 长的龙（long） 长龙（拼音long)摆尾 网友：顾亮亮 补充：龙很长
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我会麻醉多长时间？
近义：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather 反义：little, minute, small, squat, slight
food [fu:d] 词频1
n. 食物，食品;粮食;养料;资料;
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：meal, mess, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition
expected [[ˌik'spektid]]
a. 预期的；预料的
反义：abrupt, nonexpected, quick, sharp, spontaneous, sudden

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely.
“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，
In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。
He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。
Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!
很多汽车在途中就抛了锚，而有些驾驶员花在汽车底下的时间比坐在汽车里面的时间还长。
When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.
天黑下来的时候，她把提箱当作小床，把两个孩子放了进去，又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。