If no other sate water supply can be obtained,
如果没有其他安全的饮用水，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

supply [sə'plaɪ] 词频1 词根: sup
vt. 供给;补充;弥补（缺陷、损失等）;向…提供（物资等）; n. 供给物;储备物质;粮食; vi. 暂代他人职务;
💡 sup在下面+ply重叠，折叠→重叠下去→供应[下去],补给
"an adequate supply of hot water"
热水供应充足
近义：minister, munition, procure, provide, provision, purvey 反义：move, rob, take, budge, inadequacy, insufficiency
water ['wɔtɚ] 词频1
n. 水;雨水;海水;海域; v. 给…浇水;供以水;加水稀释;流泪;
💡 字母W像水的波浪，联想到水。
"A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water."
微风拂动水面.
近义：irrigate, squirt, douche, weep, blubber, boohoo
sate [seit]
vt. <正>使充分满足于（尤指坏事），使餍足，使厌腻;
"He used her just to sate his lust."
他只不过用她来泄欲.
近义：overfill, pall, quench, satiate, satisfy, suffice
obtained
v. 获得（obtain的过去分词）

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain --
我十几岁时，总感到自己年轻，有些事拿不准 --
The holes are only borings, less than a foot in diameter.
这些洞只不过是一些钻孔，直径不到1英尺。
and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.
不过，人们不会轻信她的抱怨。
Our knowledge of the oceans a hundred years ago was confined to the two-dimensional shape of the sea surface and the hazards of navigation presented by the irregularities in depth of the shallow water close to the land.
100年前，我们只知道海洋是二维平面形的，以及靠近陆地浅水区的深浅不一能给航行带来危险。
on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow-citizens.
实用心理学和与同伴相处的能力。
Alcohol may be a medical disinfectant, but should not be relied upon to sterilize water.
酒精可能是医学上的消毒剂，但决不可用来消毒饮用水。