Imagine a pen attached to the weight in such a way that its point rests upon a piece of paper on the floor.
假定把一支笔拴在重物上，笔尖落在地板上的一张纸上，
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Lesson 42 Recording an earthquake
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 想，设想;想像;料想，猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想，推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
n. 重量，体重;重担，重任;重要;[统]权，加重值，权重;
vt. 加重于，使变重;使负重，使负担或压迫;[统]使加权，附加加重值于;
💡 weigh(重)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→重量；重要
"The roof collapsed under the weight of snow."
房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
近义：oppress, overburden, overwhelm, persecute, burden, cumber
反义：unburden, unload, dump
n. 点;要点;得分;标点;
vt. （意思上）指向;削尖;加标点于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点；地点；目的；时刻；使锐利；指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义：range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
attached
[ə'tætʃt]
adj. 附加的，附属的;依恋的;爱慕的;
v. 贴上，系，附上( attach的过去式和过去分词);
"I've never seen two people so attached to each other."
我从未见过两个人如此形影不离。
近义：included, enclosed, annexed, herewith
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er