From the moment of his birth, the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour.
从他呱呱坠地的时刻起，他所生于其中的风俗就开始塑造他的经历和行为规范。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 44 Patterns of culture

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

moment ['momənt] 词频1 词根: 移动
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash 反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
experience [ɪk'spɪrɪəns] 词频1 词根: peri
n. 经验，体验;经历，阅历; vt. 亲身参与，亲身经历;感受;发现;
💡 ex出+per尝试+ience名词后缀→尝试出来的东西→经验
"Salary will be commensurate with experience."
薪金将会与资历相称。
近义：career, tradition, undergo, savvy, skill, expertise 反义：inexpertness, rawness, unskillfulness, callowness
birth [bə:θ] 词频1 词根: /bə/
n. 出生;分娩;起源;出身;
💡 b(分芽)+i(水)+r(分叉)+h(枝体)+t(大树):种子在水滋润下发芽分叉最终成为枝体茂盛的大树- 出生
"Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate."
有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。
近义：childbirth, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
customs ['kʌstəmz]
n. 关税;海关;习惯( custom的名词复数);海关; adj. 定做的;专做定货的;
"The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin."
海关查获了大量走私的海洛因。
近义：customhouse, customshouse, duty, practice, trade, clientele
born [bɔrn] 词频1 词根: /bə/
vt. bear的过去分词;支撑，支持;亲自携带，运输; vi. 结果，生产;和…有关; adj. 出生的，出身于…的;天生的，天赋的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。
近义：inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce if from general principles.
一个人即使不能从具体的事例（例如1936年的奥林匹克运动会）了解到国际运动比赛会导致疯狂的仇恨，也可以从常理中推断出结论。
small at first, narrowly contained within its banks,
开始很小，被紧紧地夹在两岸中间，
The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in the line of its course, are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficient sustenance and progress.
沿船体的上升的气流和沿航线向前的气流给这种巨翼大鸟以足够的浮力和推力。
certainly it is more difficult than the arts which involve appreciation of flat forms,
欣赏雕塑品当然比欣赏平面的艺术品要难。
what would civilization be like without its benefits?
如果不受其惠，文明将会是个什么样子呢？
A young English writer made the pertinent observation a year or two back
一两年前，一位年轻的英国作家发表了中肯的看法。