So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from.
于是,考古学家们既缺乏历史记载,又无口头传说来帮助他们弄清最早的“现代人”是从哪里来的。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 1 Finding fossil man

📚 句中词汇解析

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neither ['niðɚ]
adj. (两者)都不的; pron. 两者都不; adv. 两个都不;既不…也不; conj. 也不;既不;
💡 n(not)+either→既非;皆不;两者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协,问题就在这里。
近义:no, either 反义:likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
history ['hɪstri] 词频1
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
help [hɛlp] 词频1 词根: /hʌn/
vt.& vi. 帮助;有助于, 有利于; vt. 治疗;避免;招待(客人);给…盛(饭、菜); n. 帮助;助手;补救办法;有用; vi. (在餐桌旁)招待,侍应,作仆人(或店员、服务员等); int. [呼救语]救命!;
💡 同义词:assist,aid
"He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us."
尽管勉强,他最后还是同意帮助我们。
近义:assist, assuage, attend, succor, succour, support 反义:leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake
find [faɪnd] 词频1
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉; n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义:learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot 反义:ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
first [fɝst] 词频1
n. 第一,最初;头等;一号,;[乐]高音部; adv. 最早,最初;首次;宁愿;优先; adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的; num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上,训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary 反义:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost

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