but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on roads with few service stations and too much traffic.
但旅行的大部分时间都花在路上，而且只有很少的服务设施，交通也很拥挤。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 旅行，旅程行期;历程，过程;
vi. 旅行，出游;
vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行，旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义：peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
n. 服务，服侍;服务业;维修服务;服役;
vt. 检修，维修;向…提供服务;保养;满足需要;
adj. 服务性的;耐用的;服现役的;
💡 serv服务+ice表名词，行为，状态 →服务
"The service has become heavily reliant on government support."
这项服务变得高度依赖政府扶持.
近义：mend, refit, repair, fix, job, occupation
反义：hurt, impair, injure, mar, perish, ruin
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 部分;零件;参加;地区;
vt. 使分裂;拆移;使分开;
vi. 分开;分离;分岔;
adv. 不完全地，部分地;
adj. 不完全的，部分的;
"The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished."
计划的第一部分已顺利完成。
近义：section, segment, split, divide, fragment, secede
反义：whole, entirety, off, outright, plumb, quite
a. 用尽的, 精疲力竭的\\nspend的过去式和过去分词
近义：outworn, unavailable, consumed, depleted, exhausted