But the station master was adamant: rules could not be broken and she had to watch that train disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.
但站长态度坚决，规章制度不能破坏，姑娘只得眼看那趟火车消逝在她要去的方向而撇下了她。
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
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
adj. 坚硬无比的;牢不可破的;坚定不移的;坚决的;
n. 坚硬的物质;<地质>硬石;<诗>牢不可破;
💡 a不+dam征服+ant属于...的→不可征服的 → 坚定的，坚固的
"Eva was adamant that she would not come."
伊娃坚决不来。
近义：hidebound, inflexible, intractable, mulish, nonflexible, obdurate
反义：approbatory, indulging, leathery, lissom, malleable, obliging
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
vi. 不见，消失;不复存在，灭绝;
💡 dis不，无，相反+appear出现→不出现→消失
"The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes."
天气变暖时,雪很快就会融化.
近义：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade, dim, bury
反义：arise, materialize, surface, emerge
n. 目的，目标;目的地，终点;[罕用语]预定，指定;
💡 destin 注定+ ation 过程、结果 → n.目的地,终点;目标
"Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination."
生活可以被比作一次不知目的的旅行.
近义：heading, route, tack, way, bearing, course