and you avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable to get on it.
而且可以避免那种正好在火车驶出站时赶到车站,因上不去车而感到的沮丧。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 避开,避免,预防;[法]使无效,撤销,废止;
💡 a=out处于+void空→empty out空出来→避开,避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
近义:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反义:approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
n. 瞬间,片刻;时刻;重要,紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间;片刻;重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义:instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义:immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 火车;行列;一系列相关的事情; 拖裾;
v. 训练;教育;培养;修整;
💡 train(draw)→教养;训练;列车;行列;导火线
"The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether."
火车愈来愈慢,最后完全停了。
近义:illustrate, instruct, master, prepare, qualify, raise
n. 绘画;制图;图画;图样;
v. 绘画(draw的现在分词);拖;拉;拔出;
💡 draw画+ing名词后缀 → 图画,素描;绘图
"a crude drawing of a face"
脸部的略图
近义:illustration, layout, pictorial, picture, portrayal, sketch
n. 车站;所,局;身份;电视台;
vt. 配置,安置;驻扎;
💡 sta = stand站 + tion表名词→ (车)站,台,局 vt. 安置,派驻
"a newly built station"
新建的车站
近义:lay, locate, marshal, place, posit, position