The noise pollution survey revealed a rather spurring and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
这个有关噪音的污染调查还揭示了一种出人意外而同时可能会引人意外而同时可能会引人发笑的老式噪音源。
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. 污染（作用）;腐败;堕落;沾污;
💡 pollut污染 + ion 表示行为、行为的过程或结果、情况、状态 → n.污染
"Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution."
成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡.
近义：contamination, profanation, defilement, desecration
反义：purging, purifying, refining, straining, cleansing, depuration
vi. 测量土地;
vt. 调查;勘测;俯瞰;
n. 调查（表），调查所，测量，测量部，测量图;概观，检查，鉴定书;环顾;
💡 sur在上面 + vey=look看→ vt.俯瞰；检查；测量
"The results of the survey made fascinating reading."
调查结果令人读起来饶有兴味。
近义：inspect, investigate, overhaul, scan, scrutinise, scrutinize
adv. 可能地;也许，或许;敢是;容许;
💡 poss可能+ibly...地→可能地；也许
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
这也许是他们迄今为止最糟糕的表现。
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
n. 根源，本源;源头，水源;原因;提供消息的人;
vt. （从…）获得;发起;向…提供消息;寻求（尤指供货）的来源;
vi. 原料来源;起源;寻求来源;寻求生产商（或提供商）;
💡 source(rise)→泉源；源头
"I've heard from a reliable source that company is running very badly."
我已从一位可靠人士那儿获悉,这家公司经营得非常糟糕.
近义：resort, resource, procedence, provenance, provenience, root
n. 噪音;嘈杂声，喧闹声;声音，声响;杂音;
vt. 谣传;哄传;传说;
vi. 发出声音;大声议论;
💡 音“闹死”： 噪音太大，吵闹死了 鼻子(nose)里加个(i)- 吵闹
"If you close that door, you can shut the noise in."
你要是关上那扇门, 就听不到吵闹声了.
近义：preach, propagate, report, reveal, spread, broadcast
反义：still, stillness, quietness