they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.
昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 2 Spare that spider

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

devour [dɪ'vaʊɚ] 词频3 词根: vor
vt. 狼吞虎咽地吃光;吞没，毁灭;全神贯注地看;
💡 de下去+vour=vor吃→吞吃下去 → 狼吞虎咽地吃,拼命吃
"Larger fish devour the smaller ones."
大鱼吃小鱼.
近义：quaff, raven, wolf, engorge, guzzle 反义：puke, regorge, regurgitate, barf, rolf, spew
protection [prə'tɛkʃən] 词频2 词根: tect
n. 保护;护照;[经]保护贸易制，保护政策;（向歹徒缴纳的）保护费;
💡 protect保护，防止+ion表名词 → 保护
"The young in our society need care and protection."
我们社会的年轻人需要关怀和照顾.
近义：haven, asylum, auspice, patronage, refuge, roof 反义：helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
insect ['ɪnsɛkt] 词频2 词根: in
n. 虫，昆虫;卑鄙的人;微贱的人，小人; adj. 昆虫的;卑劣的;
💡 in进入+sect切， 割→昆虫一节一节如被切开一样 → 昆虫
"The insect's wings are almost transparent."
这昆虫的翅膀几乎是透明的。
近义：vermin, bug, critter, crittur
kill [kɪl] 词频1
vt.& vi. 杀死…; vt. 使停止[结束，失败];破坏，减弱，抵消;使痛苦，使受折磨;使笑得前仰后合，使笑死了; n. 杀死;猎;被捕杀的动物;猎物; adj. 致命的;
💡 作“杀”的手势，说“k”掉那只鸡。
"An increase in crime could kill the golden goose of tourism."
犯罪率的上升可能会扼杀旅游业这只产金蛋的鹅。
近义：ice, liquidate, assassinate, murder, obliterate, shoot 反义：enliven
crops
[医] 分批出现(疹)

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic.
4月里，俄罗斯卫生部一个特别委员会对她进行了一系列的测试。
Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.
然而，依赖这种研究的很多工艺程序是在完全保密的情况下进行的，直到可以取得专利权的阶段为止。
If it is not a question of resting the body, then perhaps it is the brain that needs resting? This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.
如果睡眠的功能不是在于使身体得到休息，那么也许是让大脑得以休息？若不是下面两点，这种假使似乎是有道理的。
The continents form rugged tablelands which stand nearly three miles above the floor of the open ocean.
大陆是崎岖不平的高地，高出辽阔海洋海底近三英里。
And it should not be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country.
不应忘记，在一个贫穷落后的国家里，那部分财力是很有限的。
I never heard of anyone making a'skeleton', as we were taught at school.
我从未听说过任何一位作家像我们在学校学的那样，动笔前先列什么提纲。