To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历，那人喝得稍许多了一点。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 29 Funny or not

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

compensate ['kɑmpɛnset] 词频4 词根: com
vt. 补偿，赔偿;报酬;抵消; vi. 补偿，弥补;
💡 com全部+pens花费+ate动词后缀→花费的钱全部[拿回来]→赔偿
"Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one."
失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。
近义：offset, balance, steady, counter, counterbalance, equiponderate 反义：outbalance, unfit, unsettle, bias, misadjust, upset
unpleasant [ʌn'plɛznt] 词频3 词根: plac
adj. 使人不愉快的;不合意的;讨厌的;不客气的;
💡 un 不 + pleas=please快乐 + ant...的 → 令人不快的
"an unpleasant subject of conversation"
不愉快的话题
近义：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly 反义：approachable, kind, likable, likeable, lovable, attractive
hospital ['hɑspɪtl] 词频1 词根: /hə/
n. 医院;收容所;养老院;〈古〉旅客招待所;
💡 hospit客人+al...的→客气对待病人的地方 →医院
"He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital."
他自出院以来,身体恢复得很慢.
近义：nosocomium
little ['lɪtl] 词频1
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多，略微;少许，一点;短时间地; n. （表示否定）微少;没有多少;短时间; det. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
drank [[dræŋk]] 词频1
drink的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile,
但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，
The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。
Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
贵族感到非常好笑的是
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
只有两只野狗从这一片混乱中得到好处，它们贪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。
Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.
长期以来，历史学家一直对雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、古代长毛象的象牙上的点、线和形形色色的符号感到困惑不解。
These attracted many visitors, for they were not only of great architectural interest, but contained a large number of beautifully preserved frescoes as well.
这些教堂吸引大量游客，不仅是因为建筑风格奇特，而且还有大量保存完好的壁画。