A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
返航前，该船船长收到了大陆发来的电报，指示他们放弃这次搜寻。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 32 A lost ship
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 无线电;收音机;无线电广播台;无线电收发报机;
vt.& vi. 用无线电发送讯息;作无线电广播;用X射线拍照;
💡 radi 表”射线,辐射,广播”
"The President gave an address to the nation over the radio."
总统向全国发表广播演说.
近义：transmit, radiophonics, radiotelephony
n. 信息;消息;要旨;教训;
v. 给…发消息;给…留言;
💡 mess(send)+age→音信；通信；使命；报信
"a message in cipher"
密码信
近义：notice, communication, communique, dispatch, post
n. 大陆;本土;
adj. 大陆的;本土的;
💡 main主要的+land陆地 → 大陆
"Similar trends are observable in mainland Europe."
类似的趋势在欧洲大陆也能见到。
近义：continent, plains, earth
n. 船长，机长;领袖，首领;上尉;（美国警察局的）副巡长;
vt. 当首领;统帅或指挥;
💡 cap头+tain支撑，保持 →首领；船长
"Captain Trent gave his men a full briefing."
特伦特队长给了他的下属详细的指示。
近义：superintendent, head, lead, rule, skipper, command
received
[[ri'si:vd]]
a. 被一般承认的, 公认的
近义：standard
反义：nonconforming, nonconventional, atypical, unconventional, unorthodox