let alone distances of tens or hundreds of light years.
更不用说几十光年或几百光年远的地方了。
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

alone [ə'lon] 词频1 词根: a
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的; adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只，只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary 反义：joint
light [laɪt] 词频1
n. 光;发光体;电灯;点火器; adj. 轻的;明亮的;浅色的;少量的; v. 点燃;照亮;用光指引; adv. 轻地，轻装地;
💡 房间光线（light）明暗度正好（right）
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义：illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence 反义：quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
years
n. 年代；岁月；年；年龄
近义：summers
distances
n. 距离( distance的名词复数 ); 远处; （时间或空间的）相距; 疏远
tens
十位

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes -- and within a month the Danes had surrendered.
这时，阿尔弗雷德发起一连串小规模的进攻，结果不出一个月，丹麦人就投降了。
The shape and dimensions of the skyscrapers depend entirely on the necessity of obtaining the maximum income per square foot of ground,
每平方英尺地皮取得最大收入
As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good or evil.
正像人们常常指出的，知识是一把双刃刀，可以用于造福，也可以用来为害。
Many more people are 'form-blind' than colour-blind.
形盲的人数比色盲的人数要多得多。
and then generalized the results of his many experiments into the famous law of free fall.
然后将多次实验结果概括成著名的自由落体定律的人。
Between twelve and eighty years we gradually lose this power;
除在12岁至80岁之间，我们逐渐丧失这种能力。