When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.
兄弟俩团聚之时，汉斯说明了他活下来的经过，
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 36 A chance in a million

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

alive [ə'laɪv] 词频1 词根: a
adj. 活着的;活泼的;有生气的;敏感的;
💡 a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
still [stɪl] 词频1
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地; adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的; n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器; vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏; conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
brothers
n. 哥们儿, 兄弟
近义：siblings
reunited
v. 重聚；使再结合（reunite的过去式和过去分词）
近义：assembled, gathered
explained
v. 解释（explain的过去式及过去分词）
近义：clarified

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
这场抢劫只持续了3分钟，因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车，以惊人的速度开跑了。
Mrs.Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
他让拉姆齐太太把钱放在一个纸盒里，然后将纸盒放在门口。
On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat -- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹任方法。
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board went a chest was raised from the bottom.
他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。
The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper.
两个工人奋力抗争，其中一个发了火，
Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly,
与这些数字相比，只有5% 的女性经常打鼾；