If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.
如果他或是像他的什么人今天还活着的话,他大概可以告诉我们下一个50年后会发生什么事情。
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
pron. 某人,有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义:anybody, anyone, one, somebody
adj. 活着的;活泼的;有生气的;敏感的;
💡 a在…,…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义:live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反义:inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
expect
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词根: spec
vt. 期望;预料;要求;认为(某事)会发生;
vi. 预期;期待;怀胎;怀孕;
💡 ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
adv. (在)今天;现在;现今;现代,当代;
n. 今天,今日;现代,当代;现今;
💡 到(to)的天(day),是 今天
"Blimey, it's hot today."
哎呀,今天真热。
近义:now, nowadays
adj. 能够的;有能力的;有才干的;干练的;
💡 阿(a)爸(b)乐(le)是 有能力的表现 网友:悟理 agitate 英语天才 补充:一个(a)有能力的伯乐(b le) 背英语AB快乐的人是有能力的
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义:apt, artful, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled
反义:heavy, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, oafish, awkward