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。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

dramatic [drə'mætɪk] 词频2 词根: drama
adj. 戏剧的，戏剧性的;引人注目的;激动人心的;
💡 drama戏剧+tic....的 →戏剧性的
"The mountains provided a dramatic backdrop for our picnic."
群山如画，给我们的野餐平添景色。
近义：impressive, lurid, awesome, sensational, spectacular, stirring 反义：kindly, assenting, manageable, sociable, tractable, yielding
moment ['momənt] 词频1 词根: 移动
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash 反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
terrible ['tɛrəbl] 词频1 词根: terr
adj. 可怕的;危害极大的;<非正>很糟的;劣质的; adv. 口〉非常，很，极; n. 可怕的人;
💡 terr怕+ible...的 → 可怕的
"to make a terrible blunder"
犯大错
近义：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific 反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
secret ['sikrɪt] 词频1 词根: se
n. 秘密，机密;秘诀;奥秘; adj. 秘密的，机密的;神秘的;隐秘的;
💡 se分开，离开，区别开+cret区别→分开来放→秘密
"the all-powerful secret police"
权力无限的秘密警察
近义：arcanum, mystery, puzzle, puzzler, reservation, reserve 反义：indiscreetness, tactlessness, bluntness, crudeness
reputation [,rɛpju'teʃən] 词频4 词根: put
n. 名气，名声;好名声;信誉，声望;荣誉，名望;
💡 re再+put认为，思考+ation名词后缀 → 再让人想起的东西 → 名声
"Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride."
他们公正的名声令他们引以为豪.
近义：name, prestige, renown, repute, standing, status 反义：shame, unpopularity, belittling, dishonourableness, dishonouring, disgrace

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

While this was going on, Mr.Taylor was upstairs.
这开始发生时，泰勒先生正在楼上。
On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。
but he will never sacrifice his freedom.
但他决不会牺牲自由。
They did not even tell their wives.
但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
即使看起来微不足道的遗物，也可能揭示人类早期历史的一些有趣的内容。
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet.
污染就是我们为这个人口过密，过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。