Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect.
这类奇闻的疑难之处是无法区别因果关系。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 25 Non-auditory effects of noise
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 分类，类别;品质，本性;方法;一群;
vt.& vi. 分类;整顿，整理;适合;
vt. 挑选;把…分类;将…排顺序;
vi. 分类;交往;协调;
💡 sort(kind)→种类；分类；整理；拣选
"You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour."
这种光线下你看不清楚，其实我的新外衣带棕色。
近义：arrange, order, organise, organize, pigeonhole, range
反义：jumble, mess, muss, shuffle, tousle, upset
n. 趣闻，轶事;[复数]秘史;
💡 an未+ec=ex出+dote给予→未出版的故事→短故事；轶事
"He departed from the text to tell an anecdote."
他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事.
近义：narrative, story, tale, account, yarn, rede
n. 课程;航线;行动方向;一道菜;
vt. 快速地流动;奔流;跑过;追逐;
vi. 沿…（方向）前进;指引航线;快跑;迅速移动;
💡 cour 发生+se → n. 发展；进程，课程，一道菜
"There were only three of us on the advanced course."
只有我们三人学高级课程。
近义：racecourse, racetrack, speedway, track, pass, range
n. 影响;效果;印象;所有物;
vt. 使发生;引起;产生（效果）;
💡 ef出+fect做，制作→做出来→实施；生效；效果
"the cumulative effect of human activity on the world environment"
人类活动对世界生态环境日积月累的影响
近义：implement, make, materialize, occasion, officiate, operate
反义：motive, occasioner, origin, point, reason, root
n. 小困难或障碍;突出物;钩丝;
vt. 戳坏;抓住;清除暗桩;
vi. 妨碍;被戳坏;
"There is just one small snag—where is the money coming from?"
只有一个小问题—钱从哪儿来？
近义：implicate, mat, ravel, snarl, tangle, web
反义：unhand, uncouple, unhitch, ease, easiness