Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
他瞥了一眼地图，告诉我们前面再走不到20英里就是一个村庄。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
adv. 离开，远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方；离去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 二十，二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。
adj. 了解情况的;见多识广的;有情报根据的;消息灵通的;
v. 告诉( inform的过去式和过去分词);(inform oneself)使了解;
"It is regrettable that the police were not informed sooner."
遗憾的是没有早些报警。
近义：knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, noticed, aware
反义：misguided, misinformed
adj. 紧接在后的;次于的;贴近的;紧邻的;
adv. 接下去;然后;居后地;依次的;
n. 下一位;下一个;
prep. 靠近;居于…之后;在…的隔壁;
"The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget."
议程表上的下一项是宣传预算。
近义：oncoming, subsequent, succeeding, upcoming, pursuant, coming
反义：prior, nowadays, presently, today, currently