At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous.
人体在12岁时是生命力最旺盛的时期。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 37 The process of ageing

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
n. 人，人类; adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
vigorous ['vɪɡərəs] 词频3 词根: vigi
adj. 有力的;精力充沛的;充满活力的;朝气蓬勃的;
💡 vig生命+orous...的 →精力旺盛的
"a vigorous campaign against tax fraud"
坚决打击骗税的运动
近义：healthy, invigorating, lively, lush, mighty, potent 反义：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
twelve [twɛlv] 词频1
num. 十二;十二个;十二点钟;十二岁; adj. 十二的;十二个的; n. 十二；十二个;
"I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve."
12岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水.
近义：dozen
body ['bɔdi] 词频1
n. 身体;尸体;团体;物体; vt. 赋予形体;
💡 象形: o byd 身体
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。
近义：object, soma, bodywork, chassis, fuselage, association 反义：lifeblood, atman, psyche, spirit, anima
years
n. 年代；岁月；年；年龄
近义：summers

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar without being penalized by expensive failures.
因此，工程技术人员可能很块就可充分发挥他们的想像力，而不会因失败而造成经济上的损失。
And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases,
再者，随着精力的衰退，老年人的疲惫感会增长，
Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account.
而且，新知识一旦获得，便得到实际应用。
That is perhaps why sculpture has been described as the most difficult of all arts;
雕塑被说成是所有艺术中最难的艺术，可能就是这个道理。
Today, although the old Galileo lives on in many popular writings,
今天，虽然已故的伽利略继续活在许多通俗读物中，
The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him.
强硬法就是驱使象去干活，把它打到顺从为止。