It is fairly clear that sleeping period must have some function,
很清楚,睡眠必然具有某种作用。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams

📚 句中词汇解析

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fairly ['fɛrli] 词频1
adv. 适当,相当地;公平地;完全,简直;清楚地;
💡 fair公平 + ly ...地→ ad.相当;公平地
"The use of opium was not criminalized until fairly recently."
直到最近抽鸦片才被判定为非法。
近义:long, moderately, averagely, pretty, quite, rather 反义:undeservingly, unjustly, foully
period ['pɪrɪəd] 词频1 词根: peri
n. 时期;(一段)时间;学时;句号; adj. 具有某个时代特征的;(关于)过去某一特定历史时期的;(家具、服饰、建筑等)某一时代的;
💡 peri周围,靠近+od道路→周期
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
军事统治政权被推翻以后,接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
近义:term, time, season, spell, bout, chapter
function ['fʌŋkʃən] 词频2 词根: funct
n. 功能,作用;应变量,函数;职务;重大聚会; vi. 有或起作用;行使职责;
💡 funct活动+ion表名词 → 功能
"The function of the kidneys is to excrete wastes from the body."
肾的功能是排泄人体里的废物.
近义:ceremony, operate, perform, run, work, interrelation
clear [klɪr] 词频1 词根: cl-
adj. 清楚的,明白的;清晰的,明亮的;清澈的;明确的; adv. 完全地;清晰地;整整; vi. 变明朗;变清澈; vt. 扫除,除去;消除(嫌疑);使清楚;使干净; n. 空隙,空间;
💡 可里耶(谐音):可看见里面耶,表明是 清晰的
"The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night."
夜里暴风雨过后,拂晓清新而晴朗.
近义:illuminate, illustrate, rede, resolve, show, solve 反义:jumble, litter, mess, muss, scramble, shuffle
must [mʌst] 词频1
aux. 必须;必然要;(做出逻辑推断);(表示坚持); n. 必须做的事,必不可少的事物;葡萄汁;霉臭;麝香; vt.& vi. (表示必要或很重要)必须;(提出建议)应该;得;(表示很可能或符合逻辑)一定; adj. 不可或缺的;狂暴的;
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义:ought, should, necessaries, necessity, precondition, prerequisite

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