Of course, Leon Bagrit could not possibly have foreseen the development of the Internet, the worldwide system that enables us to communicate instantly with anyone in any part of the world by using computers linked to telephone networks.
当然了，莱昂。巴格瑞特根本没有可能预测到国际交互网——就是把计算机连结到电话线路上，以便和世界上任何一个地方的人立即进行联系的一个世界范围的通讯系统——的发展。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 51 Predicting the future
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 课程;航线;行动方向;一道菜;
vt. 快速地流动;奔流;跑过;追逐;
vi. 沿…（方向）前进;指引航线;快跑;迅速移动;
💡 cour 发生+se → n. 发展；进程，课程，一道菜
"There were only three of us on the advanced course."
只有我们三人学高级课程。
近义：racecourse, racetrack, speedway, track, pass, range
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. 发展，进化;被发展的状态;新生事物，新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达，发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反义：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
n. 体系，系统;制度;身体;方法;
💡 sy(syn-=together)+ste(to stand)→系统；体系；秩序；制度；方法
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义：approach, method, methodology, procedure, process, technique
vt. 传达，表达;显示：清晰地揭示;表明;传染：扩散;
vi. 通讯;交际;相连;相通;
💡 com共同+muni交流+cate表动词→共同交流→传播
"By the age of two most children have begun to communicate verbally."
大多数孩子两岁时就开始用说话沟通.
近义：inform, manifest, notify, report, reveal, say