The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper,
当地震发生时，它能用笔在纸上记录下
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 理想的，完美的;被认为是最好的;完全或相当令人满意的;想象的，假设的;
n. 理想;典范，典型;目标，高尚的、有价值的原则或目标;
💡 ide=idea思想，观点+al名词后缀 → 对未来的思想 → 理想
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
近义：idealization, intention, aspiration, mark, objective, purport
反义：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
v. 设计;发明;策划;想出;
n. 遗赠;遗赠的财产;遗赠的条款;
💡 de 加强意义 + vis =separate分开 + e → 使分开的部件组装成新的发明 → 设计，发明
"White supremacists devise new Methods: To disenfranchise Negroes."
白人至上论者想出新的方法以剥夺黑人的公民权.
近义：ideate, invent, plot, project, scheme, style
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 仪器;手段，工具;乐器;法律文件;
vt. 用仪器装备;为演奏谱曲;向…提交文书;
💡 in内+stru=struct建立+ment表名词→内部结构→仪器；工具
"The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence."
专制者声称自己是上天选定的统治工具.
近义：assemble, orchestrate, organise, organize, implement, tool
n. 记录，记载;档案，履历;唱片;最高纪录;
💡 再回（re）心中（cord）- 记录
"It looks as if the firm is heading for another record year."
看来今年公司又要创纪录.
近义：log, note, register, tape, enter, inscribe
反义：obliterate, omit, quash, quell, rase, ban
n. 纸;文件;论文;文章;
vt.& vi. 贴纸;
vt. 包装，用纸覆盖;贴壁纸;提供纸张;[俚语] 提供免费入场券;
vi. 贴糊墙纸;发交通违章传票;
adj. 纸制的;似纸的;有名无实的;
💡 这张paper（报纸）是人民（people）日报
"We put an ad in the local paper."
我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。
近义：wallpaper, parchment, scroll, vellum, article, manuscript
反义：unwrap