Now that a tunnel ahs been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,
如今由于山里开挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危险了。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 8 A famous monastery

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

tunnel ['tʌnl] 词频2
n. 隧道;地道;烟道;（动物栖息的）穴; vi. 打通隧道;挖掘隧道; vt. 在…挖掘隧道;在…打开通道;
💡 tunn管道+el表名词 →隧道
"the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel"
修建英吉利海峡隧道的英法财团
近义：subway, underpass
pass [pæs] 词频1 词根: 通过
vt.& vi. 走过;通过;批准;度过; vt. 传球;及格;发生;不要; n. 通道;通行证;关口;越过;
💡 pass(pass)→通过；经过；传递；使及格；度过
"I'm not old enough for my bus pass yet!"
我还不到领取免费乘车票的年龄。
近义：outpace, overtake, lapse, occur, elapse, happen 反义：flop, flunk, founder
dangerous ['dendʒərəs] 词频1
adj. 危险的;
💡 danger危险+ous.....的 →危险的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe 反义：innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
built [[bilt]] 词频1
build的过去式和过去分词
近义：constructed
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地，较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B. C. until Roman times.
考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。
She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
她从银行取出1，000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
He was adored by rich and poor alike.
无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟拜备至。
It is called 'sick humour'.
它被叫作“病态幽默”。
found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.
巴斯曼如何找到了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。
Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.
这些孩子立即成了商品，而不是5个新的家庭成员。