He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation.
他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

simply ['sɪmpli] 词频1
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but 反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
corporation [,kɔrpə'reʃən] 词频2 词根: corp
n. 公司;法人;社团，团体;〈口〉（凸出的）大肚子;
💡 corpor身体，团体+ation表名词 → 公司，团体
"News Corporation was headquartered in Sydney."
新闻集团的总部设在悉尼。
近义：institution, association, merging, partnership, society, business 反义：individual
told [tel] 词频1
v. 表明( tell的过去式和过去分词 );讲;知道;讲述;
"In a weak moment, I told him the truth."
我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.
worked
work的过去式和过去分词
近义：ploughed, plowed, cultivated

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。
Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops.
公园里、大楼和商店外竖立着的奇形怪状的雕塑，
'That's Sebastian.
“那是塞巴斯蒂安。
The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner.
紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者，
He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.
他们必须根据现有的不充分的线索进行推理。
As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
在我看来，只需稍加调整即可。这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。