Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
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

recently ['risntli] 词频1 词根: recent
adv. 最近，近来;不久以前;近日;新近;
💡 recent最近+ly表副词 →最近
"Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend."
最近,中日关系在向好的方面发展.
近义：just, lately, latterly, newly, nowadays, overnight 反义：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom
island ['aɪlənd] 词频1 词根: 岛屿
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
spent [[spent]] 词频1
a. 用尽的, 精疲力竭的\\nspend的过去式和过去分词
近义：outworn, unavailable, consumed, depleted, exhausted
coral ['kɔrəl] 词频3
n. 珊瑚;珊瑚虫;珊瑚色;龙虾卵; adj. 珊瑚的;珊瑚色的;
"The ship was wrecked on a coral reef."
这条船在珊瑚暗礁上撞毁了.
近义：coralliferous, coralline, coralloid
longer
adv. 比较久
近义：farther

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

People who work in offices are frequently referred to as white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
坐办公室的之所以常常被称作“白领工人”，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。
'Do not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!'
“切勿触摸展品，某些展品有危险！”
With this, he hurried off the stage.
他一边说着，一边匆匆下台。
Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.
经理认出了这位顾客，表示了深深的歉意，还严厉地训斥了店员。
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。
Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.
事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。