Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from.The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.
其中一部分是约在2，000年前从印度尼西亚迁来的。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 1 Finding fossil man
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. （时间上）遥远的;远离的;远程的;微小的;
n. 远程操作;遥控器;
vt. 使…向远方延伸，把…延展到远处;
💡 re回+mote移动→动回去→退回去→遥远的
"The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter."
只有乘直升机才能进入那遥远的荒漠地区。
近义：isolated, outlying, removed, retired, secluded, separate
反义：hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 讲解，解释;
vt. 说明…的原因，辩解;
vi. 说明，解释，辩解;
💡 ex 出+ plain清楚的→ 说清楚的 → 解释
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：justify, illustrate, pose, prove, rede, resolve
反义：implicate, mat, muddle, mystify, ravel, snag
n. 太平洋\\na. 太平洋的, 太平洋沿岸的, 爱好和平的, 安静的, 平息的
近义：noncombatant, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene
反义：hostile, martial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike