Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively.
假日旅馆有只接待来自一个国家的旅游者的倾向,有时会达到排他的程度。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 47 The great escape
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 假日,休息日;节日;
vi. 度假,休假;
💡 holi=holy神圣的+day日子 → 宗教节日 → 节日,假日
"The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price."
这家公司提供带水肺潜水活动,不包括在基本度假费用以内。
近义:vacation, aestivate, estivate, holyday, playday, sabbath
反义:weekday, usable, workaday, exploitable
n. 国籍;国家;民族性;部落;
💡 nat出生的+ion抽象名词+ality名词后缀 →国民性;国籍
"Aggression by one nationality against another often leads to war."
一个国家对另一国家的挑衅经常会道致战争.
近义:origin
adv. 尤其地;主要地,格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别,格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义:namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
adv. 有时,间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义:occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义:invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
adv. 唯一地;专门地,特定地;专有地;排外地;
💡 ex 出+ clus=close关+ive...的 + ly ...地→exclusive关出去=排外的+ ly ...地 → 特定地;排外地
"The star has a ski slope reserved exclusively for her."
这位明星有一个专门留给她的滑雪场地.
近义:privately, privatively, solely
反义:inclusive, actually, e'en, even