Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 在晚上;在夜里;突然;很快;
adj. 一整夜的;晚上的;突然的;很快的;
n. 前一天的晚上;一夜的逗留;
vi. 过一夜;
💡 over 越过 + night夜 → ad.一夜；突然
"We stayed overnight in London after the theatre."
我们看完戏后在伦敦住了一晚。
近义：fedex, quick, express, fast, lately, recently
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
n. 农场，农庄;农家;畜牧场;农田;
vt. 耕种;养殖;承包，包出;佃出（土地）;
vi. 经营农场;
💡 在 农场挥动手臂“伐木” 农场在远远的(far)的山(m)下
"the conversion of farm buildings into family homes"
农场建筑物改建为家庭住宅
近义：ranch, rancho, farmhouse, raise, cultivate, grow
反义：settlement, town, burg
adj. [律]上述的;少说为妙;（做）某事有/没有很多优点（或好处）：某事物有/没有多少可说的;说到底;
v. 说，讲( say的过去式和过去分词 );表明;念;说明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam