This was more than we could bear, so we decided to spend our last day exploring the countryside.
人多得使我们难以忍受，于是我们决定利用最后一天去乡间一游。
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
vt.& vi. 用钱，花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花（时间）;度过;
n. （为某目的或某段时间内的）花销，花费，开销;
💡 s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
n. 乡村;郊野;乡下的全体居民;
💡 country农村+side边→乡下，农村
"The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky."
这周围的乡村风多石头多。
近义：landscape, meadow, scenery, view, champaign, country
n. 熊;（在证券市场等）卖空的人;蛮横的人;
vt. 忍受;承担;支撑;生育;
vi. 生（孩子）;结（果实）;与…有关;
adj. 跌价的;股票行情下跌的;卖空者的;
💡 6耳(ear) 熊能 忍受沉重的 负担
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
近义：sustain, hold, endure, ride, stand, stomach
反义：parry, avert, avoid, prevent, shirk, sidestep
adj. 清楚的;坚决的;明显的;明白无误的;
v. 下决心( decide的过去式和过去分词 );（使）决定;解决;裁决;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：sharp, unquestionable, categorical, conclusive, decisive, definite
反义：arguable, argumentary, moot, mootable, pregnable, protestable
n. 末尾;最后;上个;鞋楦（做鞋的模型）;
vt. 经受住;到…之后;够用;足够维持（尤指某段时间）;
adj. 最近的;最后的;最不可能的;惟一剩下的;
vi. 持续;
adv. 上一次，最近一次;最后;
"The two sides signed a peace accord last July."
在刚过去的七月，双方签订了和平条约。
近义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive, hindermost
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire