Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives.
记者按事实至上的论点行事，发表有关别人生活的细节，有时会给当事人造成极大的痛苦。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 45 The power of the press

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

contention [kən'tɛnʃən] 词频4 词根: con
n. 竞争，争论;争夺;论点;
💡 con加强+tent=tend伸展+ion表名词 →contend拉紧=竞争+ion表名词 → 争辩
"One area of contention is the availability of nursery care."
争论的一个方面是提供幼儿保育的可能性。
近义：controversy, dispute, strife, arguing, argument, argumentation
sacred ['sekrɪd] 词频2 词根: sacr
adj. 宗教的;神圣的;受崇敬的，值得崇敬的;有宗教性质的;
💡 sacr神圣+ed...的 → 神圣的
"In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes."
非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的.
近义：holy, sacral, consecrated, divine, hallowed 反义：immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, obscene, piacular
untold [,ʌn'told] 词频5
adj. 未说过的;未透露的;说不尽的;未叙述的，没有说到的;
💡 un不+told计算，数→数不清的；未说过的；无限的
"These gases cause untold damage to the environment."
这些气体对环境造成难以估计的破坏。
近义：inexpressible, unexpressed, unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable, unvoiced
suffering ['sʌfərɪŋ] 词频2 词根: suf
n. 受苦，遭难;苦楚，苦难;令人痛苦的事; v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词);蒙受; adj. 受苦的;患病的;
💡 suf在下面+fer带+ ing表名词 →suffer带到下面去受苦+ing表名词\r\n → 受难
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支气管炎。
近义：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain 反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
private ['praɪvət] 词频1 词根: priv
adj. 私有的，私人的;秘密的;内心的;平民的，无官职的，士兵的; n. 列兵，士兵，[陆]二等兵;〈古〉私人，个人;阴部，生殖器;
💡 priv单个+ate形容词后缀→个人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。
近义：pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular 反义：open, overt, patent, communal

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
“您有什么需要申报的吗？”他直盯着我的眼睛问。
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。
We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?
但是，我们中有多少人能够坦率地说我们对流浪汉的简朴生活与无忧无虑的境况不感到有些羡慕呢？
A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall.And so on.
主人公一位长期失散的兄弟，大家都以为死了，实际上一直活着，并且正在策划暗算主人公；如此等等，
Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报情况表示感谢。
Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country.
电视摄像机和报纸把消息传送到全国。