for it produces a resentful animal who at a later stage may well turn man-killer.
因为这种方法训练会使动物反感,在以后某个时期可能会变成伤人的动物。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 41 Training elephants
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 动物,兽,牲畜;<俚>家畜,牲口;<俚>畜生(一般的人);兽性;
adj. 动物的;肉体的;肉欲的;
💡 anim生命,精神+al名词后缀→有生命的东西→动物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我对动物毛过敏。
近义:beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly
反义:vegetal
stage
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词根: sta
n. 阶段;舞台;戏剧;驿站;
vt.& vi. 上演,演出;筹办,举行;适于上演;坐公共马车旅行;
vt. 举行;展现;上演;筹划;
vi. 适于上演,适合在舞台上演出;乘公交车(或驿车)旅行;[军事]中间集结,扎营;
💡 sta=stand, 表示“站,立”+ge=age表名词 → n.舞台;戏剧;阶段
"Education is taking centre stage in the government's plans."
教育正在成为政府计划的核心。
近义:perform, playact, portray, represent, dramatise, come
反义:legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
adj. 感到愤恨的,表示愤恨的;厌恶的;易发脾气的,易怒的;
"They seemed to be resentful of our presence there."
他们好像对我们在那里露面很生气。
近义:peeved, peevish, quarrelsome, rancorous, rancourous, spiteful
vt.& vi. 使转动;旋转;使改变方向;使不适;
vt. 使变酸;使变换;使变为;
n. 翻转;(路线或方向的)改变;机会;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反义:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
n. 凶手,杀人者;止痛药;宰杀的器具;〈俚〉鬼门关;
"a cold and calculating killer"
一个工于心计的冷酷杀手
近义:homicide, assassin, murderer, slaughterer, slayer, strangler