As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade.
由于这种喊叫声重复了几次,她跑去报告经理,经理当即给消防队挂了电话。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 35 Justice was done

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manager ['mænɪdʒɚ] 词频2 词根: man
n. 处理者,经理,管理人;干事,理事;〈美〉(政党等的)领袖;策士,干才,干练的人;
💡 man 手 + age表名词+r 表人→ manage管理+r表人 → 管理人,经理
"a fiercely ambitious young manager"
雄心勃勃的年轻经理
近义:head, headman, leader, assistant, officer, principal
promptly ['prɑmptli] 词频2 词根: pro
adv. 敏捷地;迅速地;立即地;毫不迟疑;
💡 em, emp, empt 表示”拿,买,选择,用,花费”等动作#词根助记:pro在前+mpt拿=在最前面拿的=迅速的
"She deals with all the correspondence promptly and efficiently."
她迅速有效地处理全部来往信件。
近义:apace, asap, quickly, rapidly, speedily, expeditiously 反义:leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily
brigade [brɪ'ged] 词频4
n. 旅; vt. 把…编成旅;把…编成队;
💡 -ade 后缀,用于构成名词,有时也会构成动词;一个完成的动作,或者一种事物的结果
"to call out the fire brigade"
叫消防队来
近义:squad 反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
repeated [ri'pi:tid] 词频3
adj. 反复的,再三的,重复的;累;频仍;
"repeated absences from school"
一再缺课
近义:duplicate, duplicated, hackneyed 反义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole
several ['sɛvrəl] 词频1 词根: se
adj. 几个的;专有的;各自的;分别的; pron. 几个,数个;一些;
💡 七(seven)块肉?一共(al=all)花了 几个钱 七根(seve-seven)铁轨(ral-rail) 几个人抬 网友:马 胜 敏 补充:1:色彩(se)
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以来,又有些新成员加入了俱乐部.
近义:manifold, many, some, various, divers

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