It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.
我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
v. 表达;表示;显而易见;快递邮寄;
adj. 特快的;迅速的;用快递寄送的; 明确的;
n. 特快列车;快递服务;
adv. 使用快速服务;
💡 ex出来+press挤压 → 挤出来 → 表达；特快
"I feel impelled to express grave doubts about the project."
我觉得不得不对这项计划深表怀疑.
近义：manifest, phrase, reveal, say, show, speak
adv. 仅仅，勉强，好容易才;几乎不，几乎没有;赤裸裸地，无遮蔽地;公然地，露骨地，公开地;
💡 bare 光的+ ly...的→ 仅仅,只不过,几乎不
"Her voice was barely audible above the noise."
一片嘈杂，她的声音只能勉强听得见。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, nearly, nigh, practically
num. 九十;
n. 九十;九十年代;九十岁;
adj. 九十的;九十岁的;
💡 nine九+ty十 →九十
"He is ninety years old, but his mind is sharp."
他虽然90岁了, 但头脑还很灵活.
n. 三十;三十个;三十年代;三十的记号;
adj. 三十的，三十个的;
num. 三十;三十个;
💡 thir=three三+ty十 → 三十
"There are thirty people in the classroom, counting the teacher."
把老师算上,教室里有30个人.