We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.
我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其是当我们了解螳螂等过着一种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 阅读;宣读;读物;读数;
v. 读( read的现在分词);看懂;理解;显示，标明;
💡 read阅读+ing名词后缀 → 阅读
"He spent three years reading for a degree in history."
他花了三年时间攻读历史学的学位.
近义：lesson, perusal, read, recital, readout, result
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
adv. 完美地;理想地;完全地;无瑕疵地;
💡 per全部+fect做+ ly ...地 → perfect全部做完=完美的+ly...地 → 完美地
"The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said."
证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定.
近义：ideally, optimally, pretty, quite, very, completely
反义：lamely, defectively, faultily
adj. 可怕的;极不友好的;极讨厌的;令人震惊的;
💡 horr发抖，可怕+ible...的 → 令人发抖的 → 可怕的
"The coffee tasted horrible."
这种咖啡难喝极了。
近义：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying
反义：pulchritudinous, ravishing, stunning, gorgeous
vt. 享有，享受;欣赏;喜欢;使过得快活;
vi. 使过得快活;
💡 使(en)高兴(joy)- 喜欢 享受
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.
近义：love, like, live, possess, dig, have
反义：lack, undergo, bear, drag, endure, bore