but few us have had the opportunity to find out.
但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
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

opportunity [ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-] 词根: port
n. 机会;适当的时机良机;有利的环境，条件;
💡 op=ob靠近 + portun=harbor港口+ ity 表名词 → 向港口靠近 →机会
"He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub."
他借机再次冷落我们.
近义：instance, occasion, case, episode, event, happening 反义：hindrance, hitch, knot, misadventure, mishap, obstacle
find [faɪnd] 词频1
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉; n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot 反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.
她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。
During the journey, their boat began to sink.
途中，船开始下沉，
for there was a danger that if she traveled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well.
因为船不能开得太快，否则就有危险，应急舵也会被刮走。
Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔发现的那样，有时乱子会闹得很大。
When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman,
当我是个孩子的时候，我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹。
The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it.
修完后割草机还是纹丝不动。于是，我决定把它拆开。