As it happens, a razor that is safe in Europe is unlikely to electrocute Americans.
碰巧在欧洲使用安全的剃须刀不大可能使美国人触电身亡,
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 8 Trading standards
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
razor
['rezɚ]
词频4
词根: rad
n. 剃刀,刮面刀;
vt. 剃;用剃刀刮;
💡 raz=ras刮擦+or表名词 →剃刀
"I want to buy an electric razor this weekend."
这个周末我想买一个电动剃须刀.
近义:shaver
adj. 安全的;保险的,肯定的;无损的;提供保护的;
n. 保险箱,保险柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
💡 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠宝首饰都锁在保险柜里。
近义:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反义:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
adj. 未必的,不一定有把握的;不太可能的;不可能发生的;不像是真的;
"It is highly unlikely that she'll be late."
她迟到的可能性极小。
近义:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
反义:likely, attainable, ostensible, possible, practicable, practical
vt. 以电椅处死, 以电击杀死, 通电致死\\n[法] 施以电刑, 误触电致死
近义:shock
n. 欧洲;欧盟;(除英国以外的)全欧洲;除英国外的欧洲国家;
"Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa."
他在非洲生活了多年,到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。