There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.
他们不仅搜刮吃的喝的，而且抢掠妇女，安逸的生活已使丹麦军队变得软弱无力。
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

collected [kə'lektid]
adj. 镇定的;收集成的; v. 收集( collect的过去式和过去分词);
"A crowd soon collected at the scene of the accident."
群众迅速聚集在事故现场.
近义：pacific, quiet, serene, tranquil, unruffled, calm
food [fu:d] 词频1
n. 食物，食品;粮食;养料;资料;
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：meal, mess, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition
drink [drɪŋk] 词频1 词根: dr-
vt.& vi. 喝（酒）;饮;喝酒;（尤指）酗酒; vt. 吸收，吸入; n. 酒，饮料;酒宴;一杯或一份酒;
💡 准渴(谐音): 饮料 喝
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：take, guzzle, booze, touch, refreshment, beverage 反义：puke, regorge, regurgitate, barf, rolf, spew
life [laɪf] 词频1
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
ease [i:z] 词频2
n. 轻松，舒适;容易;安逸;不拘束，自在; vt. 解除痛苦;减轻;延缓;松弛; vi. 缓解，减少;轻松前进;
💡 e(眼睛)+a(男人)+s(女人)+e(眼睛):男人看女人，女人看男人，这种感觉是 舒适
"He passed the exam with ease ."
他轻而易举地通过了考试。
近义：perkiness, rakishness, abandonment, effortlessness, fitness, heal

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

The Americans would happily reach one accord on standards for medical devices and them hammer out different pacts covering,say,
美国人很愿意就医疗器械的标准达成一个协议，然后推敲出不同的合同，用以涵盖 --比如说
In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.
在工业生活的组织中，工厂对工人的生理和精神状态的影响完全被忽视了。
'Rest', in terms of muscle relaxation and so on, can be achieved by a brief period lying, or even sitting down.
“休息”，从使肌肉得到放松等方面来看，只要稍微躺一躺，甚至坐一坐就能达到。
This is what the sculptor must do.
而雕塑家就必须做到这一点。
To escape from the Earth in a rocket, one must travel at seven miles per second.
要乘坐一枚火箭飞离地球，火箭的速度要达到每秒7英里，
The captive elephant, still roped to a tree,
捕来拴在树上的大象，