Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century,
本世纪已研制出许多新奇的交通工具，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 29 The hovercraft

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

transport ['trænspɔrt] 词频2 词根: port
vt. 运送，运输;流放;使欣喜若狂; n. 运输;运输船（机），运输系统;狂喜;流放犯;
💡 trans变换，转移+port拿，运→移动着拿→运输
"The agency will make travel arrangements for you. Alternatively, you can organize your own transport."
旅行社将为你安排旅行，或者你也可以自己安排交通工具。
近义：tote, carry, cart, convey, freight, haul 反义：irritate, pain, roil, vex, disappoint, discontent
century ['sɛntʃəri] 词频1 词根: cent
n. 百年，一世纪;百个;（板球）一百分;<美>百元钞票;
💡 cent 表”百”; 十进制中表小数点的前缀
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
strange [strendʒ] 词频1
adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏远的;外国的; adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
💡 事真奇”（谐音）即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一连串奇怪的事
近义：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish 反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
means [minz] 词频2 词根: 心智
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富; v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
developed
a. 发达的（国家或地区）；成熟的
近义：matured, progressive, civil, civilised, civilized, advanced 反义：lagging, backward, undeveloped, unprogressive, backwards, developing

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and maybe that is where the rub is.
问题的症结恐怕就在这里。
In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.
在工业生活的组织中，工厂对工人的生理和精神状态的影响完全被忽视了。
Audiences in the second decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape to a time when life, though hard, was relatively simple.We still do;
生活在20世纪20年代的观众认为，逃到一个即使艰苦但比较简朴的时代中去是件愉快的事，我们今天仍有这种感觉。
riding on its air cushion over a single rail, which it never touches,at speeds up to 300 m.p.h.----the possibilities appear unlimited.
靠气垫在单轨上行驶而不接触轨道，时速可达每小时300英里。气垫船的前途是不可限量的。
and particularly by a new consciousness of the philosophical undercurrents in the scientific revolution,
尤其是以科学革命中哲学潜流的新意识为依据，
Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it.
衰老的过程，不经提起，正常人容易忘记；一经提醒，才会记起。