The elephant is not immediately susceptible to such blandishments, however,
然而大象不会立刻被这些讨好的话感动，而
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

immediately [ɪ'midɪətli] 词频1
adv. 立即，马上;直接地;紧接地; conj. 一…就，即刻;
💡 immediate立即的 + ly...地 → 立即, 马上, 直接地
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
没有人强迫你立刻付款。
近义：hereupon, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, outright, p.d.q. 反义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
susceptible [sə'sɛptəbl] 词频5 词根: ceive
adj. 易受影响的;易受感染的;善感的;可以接受或允许的;
💡 sus在…下面+cept拿+ible能…的→能被拿下→易受影响，易受感染的，
"He's highly susceptible to flattery."
他爱听恭维话。
近义：sensible, sensitive, susceptive, temperamental, touchy, comprehensive 反义：aboulic, apathetic, impassive, imperviable, impervious, inactive
however [haʊ'ɛvɚ] 词频1
adv. 不管到什么程度;无论如何;然而;可是; conj. 不管怎样;
💡 how + ev =age （年龄，时代） + er [名词后缀],表示人,行为的主动者，做某事的人 → ad.然而；不管怎样
"But I am very much believable, however, you'll get him to come."
我相信你不管怎样都能把他请来.
近义：instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, regardless
elephant ['ɛlɪfənt] 词频2
n. 象，大象;
💡 大象尾巴上有蚂蚁(ant)
"The new office block has become an expensive white elephant."
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
近义：jumbo
blandishments [['blændiʃmənts]]
n. 甜言蜜语; 奉承话; 哄骗; 诱惑
近义：flattery

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem.
我是一所大学里的一名新生，如果我当时真的被看成像一个问题那样有趣，我会感到很得意的。
As the heads of next-generation start-ups, these Asian innovators can draw on customs and languages to forge righter links with crucial Pacific Rim markets.
作为新掘起一代的带头人，亚裔发明家可以凭借他们在习惯和语言上的优势，与关键的太平洋沿岸市场建立起更加牢固的联系。
Be that as it may, the nerve poison does its business with man far more quickly than the blood poison.
不过，神经毒辣液比溶血性毒液在人身上起作用快得多。
The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los
这头长毛象已被修复，现存于圣彼得堡古生物学博物馆。有的动物掉进天然沥清坑里被保存下来，如在兰桥。拉。布里 -- 现在是洛杉矶的郊区发现的大象、剑齿虎和许多其他动物。
Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude;
维多利业时代的父母认为，他们可以靠无理的权威气派来维护自己的尊严，
that the talent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow.
他说，初稿是才华，以后各稿是艺术。