Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔发现的那样，有时乱子会闹得很大。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 33 A day t remember
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 规模;比例（尺）;鱼鳞;级别;
vt. 测量;攀登;刮去…的鳞片;
vi. 衡量;攀登;（鳞屑）脱落;生水垢;
💡 scale(climb)→登；爬越；音阶；比例尺；规模；尺；尺上的刻度
"The storm measured 10 on the Beaufort scale ."
这次风暴按蒲福风级测量为10级。
近义：mount, surmount, climb, descale, weigh, desquamate
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adv. 最近，近来;不久以前;近日;新近;
💡 recent最近+ly表副词 →最近
"Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend."
最近,中日关系在向好的方面发展.
近义：just, lately, latterly, newly, nowadays, overnight
反义：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom
n. 郊区，城郊;边缘;附近，周围;
💡 sub在下面，次一等+urb城市→郊区，郊外
"a suburb of London"
伦敦郊区
近义：outskirts, precincts, suburbia, suburbs, surroundings, vicinity