In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
在最后一幕中,狱卒手持一封信上场,然后将信交给狱中那位贵族。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 22 By heart
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
stage
[stedʒ]
词频1
词根: sta
n. 阶段;舞台;戏剧;驿站;
vt.& vi. 上演,演出;筹办,举行;适于上演;坐公共马车旅行;
vt. 举行;展现;上演;筹划;
vi. 适于上演,适合在舞台上演出;乘公交车(或驿车)旅行;[军事]中间集结,扎营;
💡 sta=stand, 表示“站,立”+ge=age表名词 → n.舞台;戏剧;阶段
"Education is taking centre stage in the government's plans."
教育正在成为政府计划的核心。
近义:perform, playact, portray, represent, dramatise, come
反义:legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
n. 囚犯;犯人;俘虏;刑事被告;
💡 prison监狱 + er 表示人,行为的主动者,做某事的人 → n.囚犯
"The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail."
罪犯被押送到监狱.
近义:inmate, jailbird, incluse, recluse, captive, con
n. 末尾;最后;上个;鞋楦(做鞋的模型);
vt. 经受住;到…之后;够用;足够维持(尤指某段时间);
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持续;
adv. 上一次,最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月,双方签订了和平条约。
近义:live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反义:part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
n. <英>狱卒;
"The gaoler caned the man."
狱卒用藤条鞭打这个人.
近义:jailer, warden, warder, jailor
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split