We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
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
n. 沙漠;荒地;应得的赏罚;功劳，美德;
adj. 沙漠的;荒芜的，不毛的;无人的;
💡 de分开+sert加入，插入→不再加入→离开
"The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter."
只有乘直升机才能进入那遥远的荒漠地区。
近义：neglect, abandon, forsake, renegate, defect, badland
反义：assist, wilderness, woodland, woods, selva, grove
n. 岛，岛屿;
vt. 使孤立;
💡 isl(island)+and(名词后缀)→岛；岛屿；岛状物；使成为岛；孤立
"Sugar is an important crop on the island."
糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。
近义：isle, insular
n. 分类，类别;品质，本性;方法;一群;
vt.& vi. 分类;整顿，整理;适合;
vt. 挑选;把…分类;将…排顺序;
vi. 分类;交往;协调;
💡 sort(kind)→种类；分类；整理；拣选
"You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour."
这种光线下你看不清楚，其实我的新外衣带棕色。
近义：arrange, order, organise, organize, pigeonhole, range
反义：jumble, mess, muss, shuffle, tousle, upset