we are now pretty certain the Earth is the only one on which life can survive.
我们目前可以肯定的是，地球是生命能存在的唯一行星。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vi. 幸存，活下来;
vt. 比…活得长，经历…之后还存在;幸存;
vt.& vi. 幸免于难;挺过;艰难度过;
💡 sur=super超过+vive=viv生命→超越灾难，挽救生命 → 活下来，幸免于，还活着
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：last, stand, subsist, outlive, resist
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
adj. 漂亮的;机灵的，聪明的;
adv. 相当，颇;
n. 漂亮的人（或东西）;
"Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up."
事故过去两天后她看上去伤势仍然很重。
近义：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
反义：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
adj. 某一;必然的;已确定的;
pron. [动词用复数]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
联邦法院有某种州法院所缺乏的特别的东西.
近义：some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反义：neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable
n. 地球;陆地;泥土;兽穴;
vt. 把（电线）接地;盖（土）;追赶入洞穴;
vi. 躲进地洞;
💡 耳屎(谐音):耳朵屎长得有点像 泥土-泥土当然长在 地球上啦 ear(耳朵)+t(植物)+h(动物):听到感受到的一切之所在- 地球
"I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree."
我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬.
近义：ground, hill, mound, bank, plains, mainland
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end