Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.
未来的历史学家在写我们这一段历史的时候会别具一格。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 38 The first calender
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 唯一的,仅有的;独一无二的,独特的;不平常的,特别的;超绝;
💡 un,uni =one,表示”单一,一个”#词根助记:uni+que表形容词→单一的→独特的
"I want to ride a unique cycle."
我想骑一辆独特的自行车。
近义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole
反义:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adj. 将来的,未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义:next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义:prior
n. 位置,方位;地位,职位;态度;状态;
vt. 安置;把…放在适当位置;给…定位;驻扎军队;
"Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position."
她不愿回答问题,这不利于她所处的形势.
近义:lay, locate, marshal, place, posit, post
反义:layoff, leisure, lockout, joblessness
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split