Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.
防盗警报器在白天和黑夜的任何时候都会响起来，它的作用只是骚扰过路行人，而实际上却帮助窃贼入室行窃。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 47 Too high a price
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 窃贼;破门盗窃者;夜盗;
💡 burgl盗窃+ar表示人→夜盗，夜贼
"The burglar alarm is activated by movement."
这防盗警报器一动就会响。
近义：housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, mugger, abstracter, pickpocket
反义：helper, humane, humanitarian, patron, philanthropist, protector
vt.& vi. （为…）服务;任（职）;提供;端上;
vt. 招待;（为…）工作;对…有用;向…供应;
vi. 适合;服役;供职;[网球、羽毛球]发球;
n. 网球等发球;发球权;所发的球;
💡 serv(serve)+e(动词后缀)→服务；供应；伺候；备餐；开球；发球
"Serve with a green salad."
端上去的时候配一份生菜色拉。
近义：tend, assist, pour, supply, dish, kickoff
vt. 打扰;干扰;使烦恼;使恼怒;
vi. 惹恼，令人讨厌，打搅;
n. 烦恼（等于annoyance）;
💡 odi-, noi-, noy- 表”恨”
"His constant joking was beginning to annoy her."
他不停地开玩笑，已开始惹她生气。
近义：spoil, incommode, inconvenience, irk, irritate, miff
反义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
adv. 实际上;事实上;确实;竟;
💡 actual(真实的)+ly(副词后缀)→真实地；实际地
"What did she actually say?"
她到底是怎么说的？
近义：inclusively, just, authentically, properly, quite, real
n. 出行，离去;出发;行为;工作情况;
adj. 活着的，现在的;进行中的，营业中的;现行的;流行中的;
v. 进行(go的现在分词);
"I would strongly advise against going out on your own."
我要极力奉劝你别单独外出。
近义：leaving, parting, withdrawment, departure, egress, exit
反义：appearance, appearing, imminence, approach, approaching, assistance