it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.
但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

simple ['sɪmpl] 词频1
adj. 简单的;单纯的;易受骗的;天真的; n. 笨蛋;愚蠢的行为;出身低微者;
💡 sim(one by one)+ple(fold)→简单的；朴素的；单纯的
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那仅有一张窄床的简陋卧室
近义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile 反义：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful
elegant ['ɛləgənt] 词频3 词根: lect
adj. （人或其举止）优美的;漂亮的;简炼的;简洁的;
💡 e出+leg选择，收集+ ant形容词后缀→选出的→好的，高雅的
"She was an elegant and accomplished woman."
她是位优雅的才女。
近义：artistic, lordly, neat, perky, poised, posh 反义：unbecoming
designer [dɪ'zaɪnɚ] 词频5 词根: sign
n. 设计师;设计者;构思者; adj. 由专门设计师设计的;标有设计师名字的;时尚的;时髦的;
💡 de 加强意义 + sign =mark,表示“记号，信号”\" + er [名词后缀],表示人,行为的主动者→做标记的人 → n.设计师，阴谋家,,制图师
"The designer has chosen the complementary colours blue and orange."
设计师选取了蓝和橙黄两种对比色。
近义：modiste, costumer, couturier, dressmaker, planner, projector
create [krɪ'et] 词频1 词根: cre
vt. 创造，创作;产生;封爵，把…封为（贵族）; vi. [英][俚]大发脾气，大发牢骚;
💡 cre增长，产生+ate造成→增长→创造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
近义：indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
enormous [ɪ'nɔrməs] 词频2 词根: norm
adj. 巨大的;庞大的;极恶的;凶暴的;
💡 e出+norm规则，规范+ous形容词后缀→出了正常状态→巨大的，过分的
"an enormous amount of time"
大量的时间
近义：huge, hulking, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive 反义：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。
Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！
They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag.
迪基二话没说就走了。一会儿，他带着一个大布口袋回到店里。
We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。
Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers.
有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑。