The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
”编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
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
n. 编辑，编者;校订者;[计]编辑软件，编辑程序;
💡 edit编辑+or表示人→编者，编辑
"the editor of the Washington Post"
《华盛顿邮报》的主编
近义：publisher, copyeditor, writer, columnist, editorialist
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次，一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 墙;屏障;隔阂;壁垒;
vt.& vi. 筑墙围住，用墙隔开;围以墙;
adj. 墙壁的;
💡 vall- 墙,壁垒;桩线
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房内铺满地毯的新办公室
近义：hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament
反义：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
n. 新闻工作者，新闻记者;记日志者;
💡 journal杂志+ist人 → 写杂志文章的人 → 记者
"a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist"
一位不道德的记者编造的一篇报道
近义：newsman, newspaperman, pressman, reporter, scribe, diarist