The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too.
村庄已不复存在，因为已经为水所淹，山谷也被水淹没了。
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
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
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
adj. 在水中的;淹没的;水下的;水下运动的;
v. （使）潜入水中，淹没( submerge的过去式和过去分词 );完全掩盖，遮掩;
"The car was submerged under 20 feet of water."
汽车沉在水下20英尺处.
近义：immersed, submersed, sunken, underwater
n. 山谷，溪谷，峡谷，谷地，深谷;流域;[建筑]屋顶排水沟，屋面斜沟;
💡 v(像一个山谷形)+所有的(all)水都流入山谷 天山 山谷万里（谐音）长
"a small town set in a valley"
坐落在溪谷中的小镇
近义：strath, vale, dale, dell, glen