Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
我的许多朋友都住在城市，但他们只要一提起乡村，马上就会变得欣喜若狂。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 41 Illusions of Pastoral peace

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

mention ['mɛnʃən] 词频1 词根: ment
vt. 提到，说起;提名表扬; n. 提及;
💡 ment思考，神智+ion名词后缀→有思考→想到，提到
"He did not mention the quarrel with his wife."
他没有提起和妻子的争吵。
近义：moot, name, paraphrase, quote, raise, tell 反义：overlook, preclude, pretermit, skip, unheed, blackball
live [lɪv] 词频1
vi. 生存;居住;生活，过活;在生活中得到享受; vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义：last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell 反义：perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart
city ['sɪti] 词频1 词根: 城市
n. 城市;全市居民;（由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市;（由政府授予特权的）特权市;
💡 CT(谐音）：做CT要到大 城市
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义：settlement, town, burg, metropolitan, municipal, urban 反义：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality
mere [mɪr] 词频1
adj. 仅仅，只不过;小的，轻微的;纯粹的; n. 小湖，池塘;〈英〉边境（线）;
💡 我(me)阿姨(re) 仅仅是个 纯粹的人
"It cost a mere bagatelle."
这个只花了一点钱。
近义：merest, pure, selfsame, sheer, very, meager
country ['kʌntri] 词频1
n. 国家;国民;乡下;地区;
💡 数数（count） 国家有多少树苗（ry）被乱砍
"economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism"
旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
近义：homeland, nation, region, fatherland, meadow, champaign 反义：municipal, urban, city

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.
“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。”
has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.
多年来，一直同她养的猫拉斯一起住在一所公寓里。
they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves.
真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。
They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.
对于逐渐积累起来的庞大材料，他们几乎不知道选取哪些好，
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.
特别是男人，常利用空闲时间安装壁炉、布置花园、建造车库、制作家具。