The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top, because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it and never been attained before.
早期登山者所寻找的是通往山顶的最方便的途径，因为顶峰特别是前人未曾到过的顶峰 -- 才是他们寻求的目标。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 3 Matterhorn man

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

because [bɪ'kɔz] 词频1 词根: be
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
summit ['sʌmɪt] 词频3 词根: summ
n. 顶点;高层会议;最高阶层; adj. 最高级的;政府首脑的;
💡 summ总数+it表名词 →山的顶峰像数量总和一样→最高数量→最高峰
"Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders."
官员们正在为世界首脑峰会做准备工作。
近义：height, apex, highness, hilltop, apogee, peak 反义：pit, abyss, gulf
prize [praɪz] 词频1 词根: prize
n. 奖赏;战利品;值得努力争取的东西; vt. 珍视，珍惜;估价; adj. 获奖的，有望获奖的;理应获奖的;
💡 prehend, pris 抓住,夺取,获得#词根助记：战利品要靠自己抓取
"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：appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect 反义：reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay
especially [ɪ'spɛʃəli] 词频1
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
early ['ɝli] 词频1
adj. 早的;早期的;早日的;（果实等）早熟的; adv. 早;在初期;先前;提早;
💡 三十“而立”（谐音），人生 早期
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他们申请早日审理他们的案子.
近义：onetime, back, previous, prior, old, earlier 反义：hind, hindmost, back, postern, puisne, retral

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

This echo-location in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of which is similar.
蝙蝠这种回声定位常常可与雷达相比较，其原理是相似的。
and of offering to the tenants offices and apartments that please them.
和向租房人提供使他满意的办公室和住房。
Many people in industry and the Services, who have practical experience of noise,regard any investigation of this question as a waste of time;
在工业部门工作和在军队中服役的许多人对噪音有切身的体会，他们认为对这个问题进行调查是浪费时间，
And then, when they were dead, the carnivores, like the sabre-toothed cats and the giant wolves, came out to feed and suffered exactly the same fate.
大象死后，一些食肉动物，如剑齿虎和大灰狼就来吃大象，结果遭到了同样的命运。
and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed.
而且愚蠢地让孩子看出自己的烦恼。
all admit radical changes of destination once the journey has begun;
他们无不承认，一旦"旅程开始，目的地"常有急剧的变化。