It comes nearer to the engines with which man has 'conquered' the air, as he boasts.
它更近乎于人类自夸的“征服”了空气的发动机。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 23 Bird flight

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

nearer
a. 较近
近义：closer
conquered
v. 攻克( conquer的过去式和过去分词 ); 征服; 破除; 克服
近义：beaten 反义：proud, unbeaten, unbowed, unconquered, unvanquished, successful
comes
v. 来自；从…来（come的三单形式）
engines
n. 火车头；发动机, 引擎（engine的复数形式）
boasts
v. 有（引以为荣的事物）( boast的第三人称单数 ); 扬言

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions.
要透彻理解这句话的意义，我们应先回顾一下人类最近的几项发明。
The best way to overcome it----so at least it seems to me---
克服怕死的最好办法--至少在我看来是这样--
They are constantly after the turtles, who peacefully submit to all sorts of indignities.
它们经常追逐海龟，海龟则温顺地忍受着各种侮辱。
The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach,
气垫船先是在水面上行驶，后又登上海岸，
2 'It's possible, but not worth doing.'
二、 可能，但不值得做。"
all admit radical changes of destination once the journey has begun;
他们无不承认，一旦"旅程开始，目的地"常有急剧的变化。