the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
在此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。
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

editor ['ɛdɪtɚ] 词频1 词根: 给予
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
impatient [ɪm'peʃnt] 词频3 词根: im
adj. 不耐烦的;热切的，渴望的;不能容忍的，恼火的;
💡 im无+pati耐心+ent...的 → 不耐烦的
"Your readers are busy and impatient."
读者们，都是又忙又不耐烦的。
近义：anxious, exasperated, annoyed 反义：tolerant
press [prɛs] 词频1 词根: press
vt. 压，按;逼迫;紧抱; vi. 压;逼迫;重压; n. 强迫征兵;新闻报道，出版物;压榨;印刷机（厂）;
💡 press 表”压力,向……人施压”
"The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best."
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计.
近义：squeeze, depress, pressure, coerce, lobby, prompt 反义：unhand
magazine ['mæɡəzin] 词频1
n. 弹药库;杂志;弹仓;胶卷盒;
"She sat reading a magazine, dunking cookies in her coffee."
她坐着一边看杂志一边将曲奇饼在咖啡里蘸一下再吃。
近义：mag, stockroom, storehouse, warehouse, depository, deposit
soon [sun] 词频1
adv. 立刻，马上;一会儿，不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly 反义：langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

He will soon be working in an office.
不久就要坐办公室里工作了。
Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door.
理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。
and he is very pound of the fact.
他甚至引以为自豪。
However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S.,has recently come into fashion.
然而，近来一种新式幽默流行了起来，这种幽默主要来自美国。
It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.
有时需要花费整整8天时间来搭起绳梯，建立供应基地，然后才能到一个很深的洞穴里。
The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.
盘子四边十分光滑，要在盘边拴上绳索或链条而同时又不损坏它是很难办到的。