Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics.
报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 5 The facts
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 提供，供给，供应;
vt. 规定;提供(+for);装备;预备;
vi. 抚养，赡养(+for);做准备;预约(for 或 against);
💡 pro提前+vid看+e→提前看好→预备；提供
"We flatter ourselves that we provide the best service in town."
我们相信我们提供的服务在本市最好.
近义：minister, procure, provision, purvey, stock, supply
n. 读者，朗读者;读本;讲读者，讲师;审稿人;
💡 read读+er人 →读者
"Too , the reader will find in this book many interesting illustrations."
读者还能在书中看到许多有趣的插图.
近义：collection, compendium, compilation, digest, anthology, scanner
n. 统计，统计学，统计法，统计资料;统计数字;“statistic”的复数;
💡 statist站，立+ics名词后缀，学科→站着去计算数据的学科→统计学
"It's not easy to disentangle the truth from the official statistics."
从官方统计资料中理出真实情况并不容易。
近义：statistic
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 不重要的;琐细的;平凡的;不要紧;
"Money seems unimportant when sets beside the joys of family life."
与天伦之乐相比,金钱显得微不足道.
近义：immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant
反义：imperative, key, momentous, vital, crucial