Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash!
可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包，钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情。
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
vt. 想，设想;想像;料想，猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想，推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
vt. 使惊愕，使焦虑，使气馁;
n. 惊愕，气馁;
💡 dis分开，分离+may能够→不能做事→沮丧
"She could not hide her dismay at the result."
她无法掩饰自己对这一结果的惶恐不安。
近义：chill, damp, dampen, daunt, depress, discourage
反义：inspirit, cheer, joy, delectate, delight, enliven
vt. 创办，成立，建立;
v. 发现（ find的过去式）;找到;到达;发觉;
💡 found基础 → 为(房屋等)打基础，建立，创立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.
近义：base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest
反义：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
adv. 美好地, 漂亮地
近义：prettily, ravishingly, charmingly, cutely, handsomely, magnificently
反义：awkwardly
n. 钱包，皮夹子;
💡 墙(wall)上有外星人(et)的 钱包
"You'll have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet."
你得到警察局去认领你的钱包。
近义：notecase, billfold, pocketbook