People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)!
当英国人犯这种错误时,他们不必感到绝望(而许多国家的人都有这种绝望的感觉)。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 绝望;使人绝望的人(或事物);
vi. 绝望;
💡 de去掉+spair=sper希望 → 绝望
"She uttered a cry of despair."
她发出了绝望的叫声。
近义:despond, hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despondence, despondency
反义:illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
n. 不列颠,英国;
💡 Brit英国人 + ain名词后缀→ n. 不列颠,英国(包括英格兰,威尔士和苏格兰)
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英国度假对我并不特别有吸引力。
vi. 生存;居住;生活,过活;在生活中得到享受;
vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义:last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell
反义:perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade