As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship's power and limits its speed.
作为一个船舶技帅，科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法，因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力，从而限制了船的速度。
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
adj. 令人难于忍受的;难堪的;令人厌烦的;
v. 试图( try的现在分词);试验，尝试;审讯;
💡 try(考验)+ing(形容词后缀)→难堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
试图重返歌坛的已经上了年纪的流行音乐歌星
近义：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
n. 解决;溶解;溶液;答案;
💡 solut松的+ion名词后缀，构成抽象名词 → 溶解；解决
"He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction."
他通过一番简单的推理得出了解决问题的方法。
近义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
n. 问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人;
adj. 成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
💡 problem- 【希腊传入拉丁】字面上表”向前抛的东西”也表问题
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
n. 抵抗;阻力;抗力;电阻;
💡 re反+sist站立+ance名词后缀→反抗；抵抗力
"As with all new ideas it met with resistance."
和所有的新观念一样，它受到了抵制。
近义：stamina, strength, guts, backbone, endurance, opposition
反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 表面;外观，外表;地面。水面;
vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;显露;
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面;
adj. 表面的，外观的;外表上的，平地上的;肤浅的;
💡 sur超过，在上面+face脸面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise