and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
如果不蒙上双眼她的皮肤就不再具有识别物体的能力。这是千真万确的。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 4 Seeing hands
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
except
[ɪk'sɛpt]
词频1
词根: ceive
vt. 把…除外;不计;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
💡 ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反义:realize, accommodate, consider
n. 能力,资格;能耐,才能;
💡 -ability 后缀,表示能力,合适性##-ility 后缀;表示”意义,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义:aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness
反义:impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
v. 意识到;察觉,发觉;理解;
💡 per通过+ceive拿,抓,握住 → 知觉;发觉
"Did you perceive a red colour or a green one?"
你看出来是红颜色还是绿颜色?
近义:identify, apprehend, note, notice, observe, auscultate
反义:neglect, overleap, overlook, pass, pretermit, slight
adv. 的确,确实,实在;实际上,真正地;真的,真是;甚至;
💡 在行为(deed)事实里(in)即 确实
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的.
近义:assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea
反义:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
vt. (尤指用布)挡住(某人)的视线;蒙住(某人)的眼睛;使不理解;蒙骗;
n. 蒙眼的绷带[布等];障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物;
adj.& adv. 被蒙住眼睛的(地);盲目的(地);不谨慎的(地);鲁莽的(地);
"The prisoner wore a blindfold when he was executed."
行刑时犯人戴着眼罩.
近义:blindfolding, eyecover