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。
新概念英语第三册
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 银行;（条形的）堆;（河的）岸;库存;
vt.& vi. 堆积;筑（堤）;将（钱）存入银行;
vi. （转弯时）倾斜飞行;（在某银行）开账户，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封炉火;
💡 bank=bench长椅→由柜台转化而来 → 银行
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反义：retire, withdraw
n. 运河，沟渠;管道;气管;食道;
vt. 建运河;疏导;
💡 can-, cann- 【希腊语传入拉丁语】芦苇,管;
"There the irrigation canal links up with the reservoir."
这条灌溉渠在那里与水库连接起来.
近义：channel, chute, ditch, duct
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply
反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
agonizing
['ægənaiziŋ;'ægəˌnaiziŋ]
adj. 痛苦难忍的;使人苦恼的;
v. 使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式);
"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
近义：moribund, worrisome, heartaching, death, distressful, distressing
反义：livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable