I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it.
我问一位乘客，这是不是开往威斯特海温的那趟快车，他说从未听说过有这么一趟快车。
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

passenger ['pæsɪndʒɚ] 词频1 词根: pass
n. 乘客，旅客;行人，过路人;碍手碍脚的人;
💡 pass通过+enger人→通过的人→乘客
"The second passenger asked to be set down at the church."
第二位乘客请求在教堂前下车.
近义：rider, traveler, traveller, voyager, commuter, excursionist
express [ɪk'sprɛs] 词频1 词根: press
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
heard [hə:d] 词频1
v. 听到，听见( hear的过去式和过去分词 );听说;得知;听取;
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.
asked
n. 卖方要价

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.
但是，它们又有自己神秘的生活方式。
One evening, however, the lamb was missing.
可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了。
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不合情理。
However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S.,has recently come into fashion.
然而，近来一种新式幽默流行了起来，这种幽默主要来自美国。
This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunneled a course through a flaw in the rocks.
这个深邃的洞穴是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之慢慢变大而形成的。
Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.
事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。