If we could stay as vigorous as we are at twelve,
假如我们能保持12岁时的旺盛生命力，
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

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
stay [ste] 词频1 词根: 站立
vt.& vi. 停留;停止;坚持;抑制; vi. 继续处于某种状态; n. 逗留;延期;倚靠;忍耐;
💡 停留停（t）下来说（say）话
"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."
你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。
近义：remain, abide, endure, hold, interrupt, postpone 反义：migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate
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

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity,
因为这至少使我得到了某种承认，
But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows,
可是老年人已经饱尝了人间的甘苦，
Whether it be bird, fish or beast, the porpoise is intrigued with anything that is alive.
海豚对凡是活的东西都感兴趣，不管是鸟、是鱼，还是野兽。
the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea.
在1628年，一艘大帆船在处女航开始时就沉没了，这个流传至今的故事无疑是航海史上最离奇的事件之一。
has profoundly modified this view of Galileo.
就会极大地改变对伽利略的看法。
and see that nothing particularly alarming is happening to its companions.
并且看到自己的同伴身上没有发生让自己担惊受怕的事。