While Alfred's little army slowly began to gather at Athelney,
阿尔弗雷德人数不多的军队开始在阿塞尔纳慢慢集结时，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 9 Royal espionage

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

army ['ɑrmi] 词频1 词根: arm
n. 军队;陆军;团体;野战军;
💡 arm 武器
"The police had backup from the army."
警方得到了军方的增援。
近义：legion, levy, military, militia, posse, battalion
little ['lɪtl] 词频1
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多，略微;少许，一点;短时间地; n. （表示否定）微少;没有多少;短时间; det. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
slowly ['sloli] 词频1
adv. 缓慢地，慢吞吞地，慢腾腾地;慢条斯理地，不慌不忙地，袅袅;迟钝，痴痴呆呆地;逐步;
"He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital."
他自出院以来,身体恢复得很慢.
近义：leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily 反义：apace, impulsively, lightly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly
gather ['ɡæðɚ] 词频1
vt. 收集;聚集，搜集;收紧，收缩;采集; vi. 逐渐增加，积聚; n. 聚集;衣褶;
💡 8个(g)父亲(father) 聚集在一起？{呵呵打麻将吗？}
"Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar."
花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。
近义：see, understand, heap, hoard, huddle, muster 反义：isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
began [[bi'gæn]] 词频1
begin的过去式

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

So, ask businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, why have two lots of tests where one would do?
因此，大西洋两岸的企业都在问，当一套测试可以解决问题时，为什么需要两套呢？
This pressure must be under control,
这种压力必须加以控制，
Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
藏书使教育成为可能，而教育反过来又丰富了藏书，因为知识的增长遵循着一种“滚雪球”的规律。印刷术的发明又大大提高了知识增长的速度。
when H.M.S. Porcupine was put at the disposal of the Royal Society for several cruises,
皇家学会用英国"豪猪号舰艇进行了几次巡航后，
Today, although the old Galileo lives on in many popular writings,
今天，虽然已故的伽利略继续活在许多通俗读物中，
in actuality waves move through the water leaving the water about where it was.
而实际上，浪从水中移过，而水则留在原处。