It looked as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.
看来会有一场激烈的飞越英吉利海峡的竞争。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

exciting [ɪk'saɪtɪŋ] 词频1 词根: ex
adj. 使人兴奋的，令人激动的; v. 刺激（excite的现在分词）;
💡 excit兴奋+ing...的→使人兴奋的
"Riding bulls is always an exciting event at a rodeo."
骑公牛总是放牧人竞技会上激动人心的表演.
近义：heady, inflaming, moving, sensational, stimulating, tantalizing 反义：humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal
across [ə'krɔs] 词频1
prep. 穿过;横穿，横过;与…交叉;在…对面; adv. 横过，越过;在对面;交叉;斜对面;
💡 cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那农舍的唯一通路是穿过田野。
近义：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
channel ['tʃænl] 词频2 词根: can
n. 频道，波道;渠道;途径;海峡; vt. 引导，开导;形成河道;
💡 chann管道+el表名词 →航道
"What's on Channel 4 tonight?"
电视四台今晚有什么节目？
近义：waterway, watercourse, trench, dike, ditch, dyke
race [res] 词频1
n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族; v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
💡 比赛跑（r=run）第一（ace，扑克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜.
近义：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint 反义：pace
looked
v. 看, 瞧( look的过去式和过去分词 ); 注意; 面向; 寻找

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings.
当然，纽约是进行这种有趣的试验的一个理想的地方，因为那里根本不缺乏高楼大厦，有的是高层的窗槛从上往下坠落。
When he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local policeman.
当他在多佛着陆后，第一个迎接他的是当地一名警察。
This race, which went on for exactly four exactly four months, was the last of its kind.
这场比赛持续了整整4个月，是这类比赛中的最后一次，
Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.
奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。
Precautions of this sort are necessary, for it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties which will confront the pot-holer.
作出这样的准备是必要的，因为无法预见到洞穴探险者究竟会遇到什么性质的困难。
Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted.
一旦抵达目的地，你总是疲惫不堪。