During the journey, their boat began to sink.
途中，船开始下沉，
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

journey ['dʒɝni] 词频1 词根: journ
n. 旅行，旅程行期;历程，过程; vi. 旅行，出游; vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行，旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义：peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
boat [bot] 词频1
n. 小船，小艇;轮船; vi. 乘船，划船; vt. 用船运输;用船装运;
💡 停泊(bo)在(at)河边的 小舟
"Somehow we kept the boat afloat."
我们想办法使船没有下沉。
近义：ark, launch, barge, barque, shallop, ship
sink [sɪŋk] 词频1
vi. 淹没;下落;退去;渐渐进入; vt. 使下沉;使下垂;砸入地面;使败落; n. 水池;洗涤槽;污水坑;
💡 蛇(s)在墨水(ink)里 下沉
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现，这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
近义：succumb, wreck, capsize, dip, dive, founder 反义：recuperate, resurface, surface, emerge
began [[bi'gæn]] 词频1
begin的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
“泰坦尼克”这个弯拐得及时，紧贴着高出海面100英尺的巨大的冰墙擦过去。
Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs.Eleanor Ramsay's cat.
绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近，绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺。拉姆齐太太的猫。
At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined.
在小说的某个戏剧性时刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出来，接着便是某人的声誉扫地。
Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.
法官无论如何聪明与有名，毕竟也是人，也会出差错的。
This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunneled a course through a flaw in the rocks.
这个深邃的洞穴是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之慢慢变大而形成的。
The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and wisteria in dairy products.
牛肉中的疯牛病，鸡肉和鸡蛋中的沙门氏菌，奶制品中的利斯特杆菌。