Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
埃里克是这家长子。
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

eldest ['ɛldɪst] 词频3
adj. 最年长的，最老的;年事最高的(old的最高级); n. 最年长者;
💡 eld高龄 + est 表示最高级“最...” → adj. 最年长的；年事最高的（old的最高级）n. 最年长者
"The property is the birthright of the eldest child."
长子享有财产的继承权。
近义：major, older, senior, elder, elderly, firstborn
family ['fæməli] 词频1
n. 家庭;家族;孩子;祖先; adj. 家庭的;一家所有的;属于家庭的;适合全家人的;
💡 音“发米粒”： 家庭吃饭又叫“发米粒 father and mother I love you家庭就是爸爸妈妈我爱你
"These diamonds have been handed down in his family for generations."
这些钻石在他家已经传了好几代.
近义：kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, offspring, progeniture, progeny
older
a. 年长的；较旧的
近义：major, senior, elder, elderly, eldest 反义：junior
brothers
n. 哥们儿, 兄弟
近义：siblings
eric
abbr. 科教资源信息中心（Educational Resources Information Center）；电子遥控与独立控制（Electronic Remote and Independent Control）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
于是，他发出弃船的命令，几百人跳进了冰冷刺骨的海水里。
The police were astounded when Mrs.Ramsay told them what she had done.
拉姆齐太太把她所做的事告诉了警察，警察听后大为吃惊。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。
The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
“卡伦”号当年在为其他船只护航驶往俄国的途中突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击。
found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.
巴斯曼如何找到了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。
There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors.
毫无疑问，我们的来访是不受欢迎的。