Soon the hobby leads to travel, perhaps to a meeting in another town, possibly a trip abroad in search of a rare specimen, for collectors are not confined to any one country.
用不了多久，有这种爱好的人便开始旅行，也许是去另一个城市参加会议，也可能是出国寻找一件珍品，因为收藏家是不分国籍的。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 59 Collecting
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 或许;（表示不确定）也许;（用于粗略的估计）或许;（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许;
n. 假定;猜想;未定之事;
💡 per全部+hap机会，运气+s表复数→全是机会→也许，可能
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你说完，也许我可以说点什么。
近义：maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, haply
反义：indeed, assuredly, absolutely, sure, surely, undoubtedly
n. 会议;聚会;汇合点;运动会;
v. 相遇( meet的现在分词);相识;开会;接触（某物）;
💡 meet开会 + ing名词后缀→ 聚集，会合，会见
"an ad hoc meeting to deal with the problem"
处理此问题的特别会议
近义：assembly, association, parley, reunion, seminar, session
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
adv. 到国外，在海外;广为流传地;
adj. 往国外的;
n. 海外，异国;
💡 a(on)+broad→在国外；远；广
"I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad."
我总是向往去国外工作。
近义：out, outdoors, outside, away, without, overseas
adj. 罕见的，特殊的;优秀的，不寻常的;稀薄的，经过稀化的;
💡 rar-, rare- 表”少,薄;不普通的,不常见的”
"He buys rare baseball cards on eBay."
他从易趣网上购买珍稀的棒球卡。
近义：infrequent, peculiar, scant, unaccustomed, uncharacteristic, uncommon
反义：regular, repeating, rife, common, frequent