They never become submissive like dogs and horses.
它们从不像狗和马一样变得那么顺从。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 9 Flying cats

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

become [bɪ'kʌm] 词频1
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成; vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"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：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit 反义：remain, keep, stay, get
submissive [[səb'misiv]] 词根: sub
a. 服从的, 顺从的
近义：inactive, indifferent, obedient, obliging, obsequious, passive 反义：headstrong, indocile, troublemaking, uncompliant, ungovernable, unruly
horses
n. 马；马匹（horse的复数形式）
近义：equini
dogs
n. 瘦狗类；狗（dog的复数）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped.
他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了13下才停。
Mrs.Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
把孩子送去上学，然后来到楼上自己的卧室。
The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
不无遗憾的是， 我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。
The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read.
打捞到的东西中最有价值的是船上的航海日志，其中有一部分仍然清晰可读。
At the far end of the lake, they came to huge piles of rubble which had been washed up by the water.
在湖的尽头，他们见到一大堆一大堆由湖水冲刷上岸的碎石。
Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet.
然而，垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。