The city was equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 3 An unknown goddess

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

drainage ['drenɪdʒ] 词频4 词根: dr-
n. 排水，放水;排水系统;排走物，废水;排水区域;
💡 drain 排干+age状态，总称 →排水
"This is a drainage area."
这里是排水区.
近义：outlet, plughole, sink, tailrace, drain, drainpipe
system ['sɪstəm] 词频2 词根: st-
n. 体系，系统;制度;身体;方法;
💡 sy(syn-=together)+ste(to stand)→系统；体系；秩序；制度；方法
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义：approach, method, methodology, procedure, process, technique
found [faʊnd] 词频1 词根: found
vt. 创办，成立，建立; v. 发现（ find的过去式）;找到;到达;发觉;
💡 found基础 → 为(房屋等)打基础，建立，创立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.
近义：base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest 反义：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
beneath [bɪ'niθ] 词频1
prep. 在…的下方;（表示等级）低于;（表示状态）在…掩饰之下;（表示环境）在…影响之下; adv. 在下面;在底下;
💡 be构成一些介词+neath下面→在下面
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。
近义：under, underneath, below 反义：hereinbefore, overhead, thereinbefore, up, upstairs, upwards
city ['sɪti] 词频1 词根: 城市
n. 城市;全市居民;（由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市;（由政府授予特权的）特权市;
💡 CT(谐音）：做CT要到大 城市
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义：settlement, town, burg, metropolitan, municipal, urban 反义：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德。布洛斯就是一个例子。
On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。
he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process.
就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。
It is possible that there is a definite relation between these paintings and the markings that sometimes accompany them.
有时，这种图画与墙壁上的刻痕共存，它们之间可能有一定的联系。
On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speeds,
在公路上还好，你至少能以相当快的速度安全地向前行。