Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate.
盘子下水后不久，馅饼委员会成员们来到当地一家小酒店庆贺。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 43 Fully insured

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

shortly ['ʃɔrtli] 词频2 词根: short
adv. 立刻，马上;简单地，扼要地;唐突地，简慢地;在即;
💡 short短的 + ly ...地 → ad.立刻,马上,不久;简单;简短
"John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down."
婚姻破裂不久,约翰经历了一段短暂的艰难时期.
近义：apace, immediately, instantly, presently, pronto, quickly 反义：lastly, lately, latterly, recently, sometime, ultimately
committee [kə'mɪti] 词频1 词根: com
n. 委员会;
💡 com共同+mitt=mit送，放出+ee表人 → commit共同送出=委托+ee表人 → 委员会
"The committee will need time to assimilate this report."
委员会需要时间来吃透这个报告。
近义：retinue, escort, assembly, association, meeting, procession
local ['lokl] 词频1 词根: loc
adj. 地方的;当地的，本地的;局部的;褊狭的; n. 慢车;本地居民（律师、教士、医生）;住处附近的当地酒店;本地新闻;
💡 loc地方+al形容词后缀 → 地方的，局部的
"We put an ad in the local paper."
我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。
近义：neighboring, regional, regionalist, regionalistic, sectional, territorial 反义：overall, total, world, universal, comprehensive, global
celebrate ['sɛlɪbret] 词频2 词根: celebr
v. 庆祝;祝贺;举行宗教庆典;歌颂;
💡 celebr庆祝 + ate 表示做... → v.庆祝；歌颂，赞美
"Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate."
杰克已通过考试，我们要外出庆祝一下。
近义：keep, perpetuate, commemorate, party, rejoice, revel 反义：neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn, bury, disappear
went [[went]] 词频1
go的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

A cat's ability to survive falls is based on fact.
猫在跌落时能够大难不死是有事实作为依据的。
She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
四处寻找，但没有找着。
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。
It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。
The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort.
这种焦虑，城里人是从未体验过的。
For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。