Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them.
许多人认为蜘蛛是昆虫，但它们不是昆虫，甚至与昆虫毫无关系。
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
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
adv. 几乎，差不多;险乎;
💡 near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他过了半辈子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下来.
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待;
vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
adj. 有关系的;叙述的;
vt. 叙述(relate过去式和过去分词);
"His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings."
他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
近义：interdependent, interrelated, kindred, similar, accordant, kin
反义：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish