On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:
在乡间的草坪上，当你随意组成两个队，并且不涉及任何地方情绪时，那才可能是单纯的为了娱乐和锻炼而进行比赛。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 6 The sporting spirit
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
n. 感觉，知觉，情绪;感情;气氛;
adj. 富有感情的，有感觉的;有同情心的，仁慈的;
v. 感觉;认为(feel的现在分词);
💡 feel感觉+ing行业,状态，行为 →感情
"She has no feeling for the suffering of others."
她对别人的痛苦没有同情心.
近义：impression, pathos, sensation, sentiment, thrill, idea
local
['lokl]
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词根: loc
adj. 地方的;当地的，本地的;局部的;褊狭的;
n. 慢车;本地居民（律师、教士、医生）;住处附近的当地酒店;本地新闻;
💡 loc地方+al形容词后缀 → 地方的，局部的
"We put an ad in the local paper."
我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。
近义：neighboring, regional, regionalist, regionalistic, sectional, territorial
反义：overall, total, world, universal, comprehensive, global
n. 爱国主义;爱国心，爱国精神;
💡 patriot=patri祖国 + ism主义 →爱国主义；爱国心
"They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism."
他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱.
近义：nationalism, civism
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly