I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it,
等我装完后，那台割草机仍然一动不动，对此我倒并不感到吃惊。
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. 机器，机械;机械般的人;核心;
vt. 用机器制造，用机器加工;
vi. 被机器切削;
💡 mach机器+ine表名词 → 机器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了几次电话，但只有电话答录机答话。
近义：system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
surprised
[[sə'praizd]]
a. 感到惊讶的
近义：astonished, astounded, stunned, startled, gobsmacked, amazed
反义：apathetic, impassible, imperturbable, indifferent, insensible, ardorless
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地;
adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的;
n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam