The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
社会上的情况就是如此，技术是必须付钱去买的，就像在商店里要花钱买商品一样。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

society [sə'saɪəti] 词频1 词根: soci
n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群; adj. 上流社会的，社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会，社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood 反义：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
paid [peid] 词频1
adj. 有报酬的;领取报酬的;领钱的;付费的; v. 付给( pay的过去式);付款;有利可图;（对…）有利;
"You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives."
你的工资可以按周以现金支取，或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。
近义：cancelled, canceled, salaried, salary, stipendiary 反义：outstanding, overdrawn, unexpended, unliquidated, unsettled
goods [ɡʊdz] 词频2
n. 商品，货物;动产;本领;合意的人;
"Kitchen goods are sold in the basement."
厨房用具在地下室出售。
近义：havings, assets, merchandise, possessions, products, property
shop [ʃɑp] 词频1
n. 商店;工厂;办事处;购物; vt.& vi. （到…）去买东西[购物];逛商店; vt. 购物;买东西;
"The shop bell jangled loudly."
商店的钟发出丁零当啷的巨大响声。
近义：buy, premises, bazaar, shoppe, store, entrepot 反义：huckster, retail
conditions
n. 形势, 情况, 环境
近义：terms, circumstances, environment, stipulations

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.
这样就加大了空气阻力，并减少了它们着地时冲击力带来的震动。
has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.
多年来，一直同她养的猫拉斯一起住在一所公寓里。
The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her.
船身左右摇晃，无法操纵。
At such times, justice acts like a living force.
在这种时候，正义像一种有生命的力量行使其职能。
The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age which began about 35,000 B.C.and ended about 10,000 B.C.
这些痕迹是游牧人留下的，他们生活在从公元前约35，000年到公元前10，000年的冰川期的末期，以狩猎、捕鱼为生。
We expected the path to end abruptly,
我们原以为小路会到此突然终止。