Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.
习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，最后被圈地、尖律我外来的清规戒律所击败。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 21 William SHart and the early 'Western' film
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 习惯的;通常的;独有的;适应的;
v. 使习惯于(accustom的过去式和过去分词);
💡 ac 一再 + custom 习惯+ ed 表示“有...的”、“如...的”、“...的” → a.惯常的；习惯的
"We have got accustomed to living in an air - conditioned room."
我们对生活在有 空调 的房间里已习惯了.
近义：wonted, inured, used
反义：unacquainted, unconversant, uninitiated, unwonted
n. 幸存，生存;幸存者;遗物;遗风;
💡 sur=super超过+viv活+al名词后缀→经过事故活着→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
医生告诉我的妻子,说我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近义：livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance
反义：killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
alien
['elɪən]
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词根: alter
adj. 外国的;相异的;异已的;不相容的;
n. 外国人;外侨;局外人;外星人;
vt. 让渡，转让;疏远;离间;
💡 ali其他的，改变状态+en表形容词或名词→其他地方的→外国的，外国人的,外来的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：extraterrestrial, outlander, outsider, stranger, auslander, tramontane
反义：individual, national, townsman, civvy, burgher, burgess
a. 困惑的; 晕眩的; 混乱的; 不知所措的\\nv. 使困惑
近义：appalled, lost, astonished, astounded, nonplused, nonplussed
反义：keen, sharp, smart, bright, fly, lucid