but it was impossible to stop the thieves.
但他已无法抓住那些窃贼了。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

impossible [ɪm'pɑsəbl] 词频1 词根: im
adj. 不可能的，做不到的;难以忍受的;不会有的，不能相信的; n. 不可能;不可能的事;
💡 im不，无，非+possible可能的→不可能的
"She was such a contrary child—it was impossible to please her."
这孩子老跟人作对，没法让她高兴。
近义：impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable 反义：approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open
stop [stɑp] 词频1
vi. 停止;中断;逗留;（使）停止工作; vt. 塞住;堵塞;阻挠;止付; n. 停止;（管风琴的）音栓;停车站;（管风琴的）音管;
"A police car drew abreast of us and signalled us to stop."
一辆警车开过来与我们并排，示意我们停下来。
近义：impede, arrest, obstruct, paralyse, paralyze, stalemate 反义：implement, roll, start, action, activate, improve
thieves [[θi:vz]] 词频4
pl. 小偷

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well.
“也许同时你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。
George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm through the drain cover.
乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。
To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn,
尽管我们人人都有各种大小秘密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道，
As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.
兄弟俩团聚之时，汉斯说明了他活下来的经过，
We keep trying all four methods, but he sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.
我们一直在试这4种方式，但是，我们在世界范围内仅产生的垃圾的量就有把我们覆盖的危险。