But a watch could never repair itself----it does not consist of living parts,
但是，手表决不会自行修理，它不是由有生命的部件组成，
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
vt. 修理;纠正;恢复;弥补;
n. 修理;修理工作;维修状态;经修理的东西;
💡 re再+pair回到最初状态 →重新回复正常→修理
"The fore end tube plate of the condenser has cracked beyond repair."
冷凝器前端破裂得无法修理了.
近义：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
反义：impair, disarrange, disorder, ruin, hurt, impairment
vi. 由…组成;在于;符合;
💡 con共同+sist站立→站到一起→由…组成；与…一致
"The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices."
新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
近义：lie
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
vt. 注视，注意;看守，监视;守候（机会等）;密切注意;
n. 表;值夜，值班;看守，监视;值班人员;
vi. 观看;注视;守候;看守;
"The police warned holidaymakers to be on the watch for car thieves."
警方提醒度假者提防偷车贼.
近义：notice, observe, twig, herd, monitor, picket
反义：neglect, overleap, overlook, pass, pretermit, slight
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves