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,
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 精确地;确切地;完全地,全然;恰恰;
💡 ex出,出去+act行动,做+ly表示状态、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精确地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已将那位作家的风格确切地刻画出来了.
近义:identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反义:inaccurately
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
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
kind
[kaɪnd]
词频1
词根: /kin/
n. 〈古〉方式,方法;本质,天性;同类;某类;
adj. 仁慈的,体贴的;友善的,好心的;温和;宽宏大量的;
"Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted."
他外表冷漠,心地却十分善良。
近义:nature, order, quality, rank, sort, stamp
反义:heedless, impolite, inattentive, inclement, abrupt, loutish