Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
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

perhaps [pɚ'hæps] 词频1 词根: hap
adv. 或许;（表示不确定）也许;（用于粗略的估计）或许;（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许; n. 假定;猜想;未定之事;
💡 per全部+hap机会，运气+s表复数→全是机会→也许，可能
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你说完，也许我可以说点什么。
近义：maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, haply 反义：indeed, assuredly, absolutely, sure, surely, undoubtedly
truth [trʊθ] 词频1
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
element ['ɛləmənt] 词频1
n. [化]元素;要素;原理;[电]电阻丝;
💡 爱你们的(谐音):化学家说： 元素我是爱你们的 elementary(基础的)-element 元素
"Carbon is an element, while carbon dioxide is a compound."
碳是一种(化学)元素, 而二氧化碳则是一种化合物.
近义：component, constituent
pictures
n. 电影院

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
但是，当你通过绿色通道，没有任何东西需要申报时，他们仍可以拦住你。
George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with large box of chocolates.
不过，此事并没使乔治过于伤心，因为糖果店老板娘听说了他遇到的麻烦后，赏给他一大盒巧克力。
One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50.
他多次向我详细讲他如何只花50英镑便买到一位名家的杰作。
Suddenly they came to a waterfall which dropped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave.
突然，他们来到一道瀑布前，那瀑布奔泻而下，注入洞底一处地下湖里。
It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
那台割草机去年夏天就坏了，尽管我答应修，但一直没抽出时间，