When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 家具;设备;附属品;
💡 furni 安置+ ture表名词→ n.家具；装置，设备
"furniture stored in the attic"
存放在阁楼的家具
近义：housefurnishings, movables, suite, furnishings
反义：immovables, realty, estate
n. 真空;空白;空虚;清洁;
v. 用真空吸尘器清扫;
💡 vac空+uum表名词 →空虚；真空
"Vacuum cleaners work by suction."
真空吸尘器靠抽吸除尘。
近义：hoover, void, blank
vt.& vi. 失败，不及格;倒闭，破产;缺乏;衰退;
vi. 衰退;失败，不及格;破产;不足;
vt. 不及格;使失望;忘记;舍弃;
n. 失败，失误;不及格;不及格者;[商]期货交割失期;
💡 fals, fall =err,deceive,表示”犯错误,欺骗”
"I will give you a present on your birthday without fail."
你生日时我一定送你一份礼物.
近义：flunk, miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle
反义：qualify, prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome
vt.& vi. 运转;操作;经营;管理;
vi. 开刀;（对…）动手术;动手术;（在某地）采取军事行动;
vt. 操作，控制，使运行;
💡 oper工作 + ate 表示做、造成 → vi.操作；施行手术
"The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate."
这种设备比较容易安装而且用起来便宜。
近义：manage, run, control, direct, perform, work
反义：perish, quit, spoil, stop, wrack, wreck
v. 假定，认为;承担;装出;呈现;
💡 as加强+sume拿取→主动拿起 → 承担；假装，假定
"You cannot assume that a speaker of English is ipso facto qualified to teach English."
你不能假定会说英语的人就有资格教英语。
近义：infer, postulate, presume, regard, suppose, surmise
反义：overrule, disregard