There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.
曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 14 A noble gangster
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
v. 回转，返回;复发，又来;送还;言归正传;
n. 归来，返乡;来回，汇成;赢利;统计表;
💡 re回，向后+turn转→回来，返回
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。
近义：reappear, reenter, regress, redeliver, redintegrate, refund
反义：migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate
n. 保护;护照;[经]保护贸易制，保护政策;（向歹徒缴纳的）保护费;
💡 protect保护，防止+ion表名词 → 保护
"The young in our society need care and protection."
我们社会的年轻人需要关怀和照顾.
近义：haven, asylum, auspice, patronage, refuge, roof
反义：helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
adv. 大大地;夸大地;详细地;顺风地;
adj. 大的;大规模的;大型号的;广泛的;
v. 玩个痛快;（尤指跳舞和饮酒）作乐;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
这两间大教室分配给了我们。
近义：major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital
反义：small
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱，家长会“骂你”（谐音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies