The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life.Faces appeared at windows.
刚才还似乎空荡荡的村庄一下子活跃了起来，窗口露出了一张张面孔，
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
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
adj. （ 地方） 无人居住的;空寂无人的;被抛弃的;被遗弃的;
v. 舍弃( desert的过去式和过去分词 );废弃;（在需要时刻）背离;擅离（职守、工作岗位、现役等）;
💡 seri-, ser- 表”结合,放”#词根助记：de分开+sert→不再加入→离开
"The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers."
敌人头目众叛亲离.
近义：parched, barren, xeric, desertic, desertlike, desert
反义：numerous, populous, inhabited, crowded
adv. 立即，马上;直接地;紧接地;
conj. 一…就，即刻;
💡 immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 马上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
没有人强迫你立刻付款。
近义：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q.
反义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end