and slipping through we no longer take omens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitious villagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.
这些鸟对我们是有益的，虽然我们不再从它们的飞翔姿态来占卜吉凶，连最迷信的村民也不再对喜鹊脱帽行礼，祝它早安了。
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
n. （物体的）飞行;航班;飞翔;楼梯的一段;
vi. 成群地迁徙或飞行;
vt. 射击;使惊飞;
💡 fly(飞行)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→飞行；飞翔
"They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar."
他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行.
近义：connection, connexion, soaring, run, scurry, scuttle
vt. 拿，取;采取;接受（礼物等）;耗费（时间等）;
vi. 拿;获得;
n. 镜头;看法;收入额;场景;
"Students will normally take three A2 subjects."
学生通常要选三门A2证书考试科目。
近义：apprehend, keep, nab, receive, seize, snatch
反义：transfer, cede, give, reject, snub, spurn
n. 面，边;方面;侧面;旁边;
adj. 侧面的;旁边的;次要的，枝节的;副的;
vi. 支持，同意;偏袒;附和;站在…一边;
"Italy joined the war on the Allied side in 1915."
1915年，意大利加入协约国参战。
近义：agree, face, party, hillside, mountainside, slope
反义：above, upper
n. 喜鹊;饶舌者;有收集零碎东西癖好的人;爱说话的人;
adj. 鹊的;有收集癖的;混杂的;斑驳的;
"Now and than a magpie would call."
不时有喜鹊的叫声.
近义：parrakeet, parrot, budgerigar, pie, talker, bigmouth
v. 希望;想要;祝愿;
n. 愿望;希望;希望的事 ;祝福;
💡 wi(we我们)+sh(希):我们希望- 希望
"I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary."
我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。
近义：want, will, covet, crave, desire, appetence