We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity.
我们在一座小镇上逗留了几天，参观了附近的许多古老的教堂。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 48 The silent village

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

number ['nʌmbɚ] 词频1 词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号; v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
vicinity [və'sɪnəti] 词频4
n. 附近，邻近;附近地区;大约的程度或者数量;〈罕〉近亲;
💡 vicini-, vicin- 表”邻居”
"Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square."
成群结队的人聚集在特拉法尔加广场周围。
近义：neighborhood, outskirt, outskirts, precincts, purlieus, suburb 反义：offing
spent [[spent]] 词频1
a. 用尽的, 精疲力竭的\\nspend的过去式和过去分词
近义：outworn, unavailable, consumed, depleted, exhausted
several ['sɛvrəl] 词频1 词根: se
adj. 几个的;专有的;各自的;分别的; pron. 几个，数个;一些;
💡 七（seven）块肉?一共（al=all）花了 几个钱 七根(seve-seven)铁轨(ral-rail) 几个人抬 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：色彩（se）
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以来,又有些新成员加入了俱乐部.
近义：manifold, many, some, various, divers
small [smɔl] 词频1
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的，卑劣的;细微的，微弱的; adv. 小小地;卑鄙地; n. 细小部分，腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty 反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。
'Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer,
虽然维拉萨诺绝对算不上一个伟大的探险家，
It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
而是一张白纸。
All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.
那次打捞到的所有物品均被送往军事博物馆。
Though a number of descents have been made, much of it still remains to be explored.
人们多次进入洞内探险，但至今尚有不少东西有待勘探。
but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on roads with few service stations and too much traffic.
但旅行的大部分时间都花在路上，而且只有很少的服务设施，交通也很拥挤。