When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness.
当时我母亲在一次事故中惨死，父亲未能很快从悲痛与孤独中恢复过来。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 57 Back in the old country

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

tragic ['trædʒɪk] 词频3
adj. 悲剧的;悲惨的;
💡 trag 表”山羊”,后引申为”悲剧”(最开始的悲剧是撒克逊人的山羊剧)
"The play is both comic and tragic."
这部剧既滑稽又悲惨。
近义：tragical
accident ['æksədənt] 词频1 词根: 切开
n. 意外事件;事故;机遇，偶然;附属品;
💡 ac一再+cid降下+ent...的→偶然降临的事→偶然的事，意外
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
近义：hazard, luck, mischance, mishap, casualty, chance 反义：monotone, monotony, regularity, sameness, smoothness, standardization
quickly ['kwɪkli] 词频1
adv. 迅速地;立即;马上;
💡 quick迅速的+ly表副词 →迅速地
"The party was arranged quickly."
聚会很快就安排好了。
近义：apace, hurriedly, lightly, precipitately, promptly, rapidly 反义：leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily
recover [rɪ'kʌvɚ] 词频1 词根: re
vt. 恢复;重新获得;找回;<正>恢复（适当的状态或位置）; vi. 恢复健康（体力、能力等）; n. 恢复开始时姿势;
💡 re重新 + cover盖住 → 重新获得；挽回
"People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis."
人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核.
近义：recapture, reclaim, reconquer, recoup, recuperate, regain 反义：miss, waste, intensify, recrudesce, worsen, aggravate
mother ['mʌðɚ] 词频1
n. 母亲，妈妈;女修道院院长;大娘; vt. 像母亲般地照顾;养育;溺爱;
💡 莫(mo)非这个(the)人(r)是 妈妈？
"The baby had been abandoned by its mother."
这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
近义：mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum 反义：child, descendant, girl

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
Beggars almost sell themselves as human being to arouse the pity of passers-by.
好像只有流浪汉是个例外，乞丐出售的几乎是他本人，以引起过路人的怜悯。
In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
要是他们愿意住在本来属于他们的城市，则可以让他们省去诸多不便与节约大量开支。
If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed.
如果他们只添了1个孩子，这件事本来就不会引起任何人的注意。