how many heath fires they cause, how much litter they leave, in short,
即他们引起了多少场野火，留下了多少垃圾。总之，
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

heath [hi:θ] 词频4
n. 荒地，荒野;[植]石南;杜鹃花科植物;
"a Heath Robinson contraption"
复杂而不实用的装置
近义：heather, moor, moorland, scrub, spinney, thicket
cause [kɔz] 词频1
n. 原因;动机;理由;事业; vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
💡 不是(be)因为(because) 引起的
"The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence."
这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的.
近义：induce, inspire, instigate, instill, make, occasion 反义：hinder, obstruct, oppose, avert, preclude, prevent
litter ['lɪtɚ] 词频3 词根: /li:/
n. 杂物，垃圾;（一窝）幼崽;褥草;轿，担架; vt.& vi. 使杂乱;乱丢杂物;乱扔;使饱含;
💡 一点(little)小 废物 乱扔 letter字母-litter(废物):写字的产物- 废纸屑
"It is antisocial to leave one's litter in public place."
在公共场所遗弃杂物是妨害公共利益的.
近义：jumble, mess, scatter, scramble, clutter, garble 反义：char
leave [liv] 词频1 词根: /li:/
vt. 离开;遗弃;忘了带;交托; vt.& vi. 离去;出发;舍弃; n. 准假;假期;辞别;许可;
💡 离吾(谐音):离开我- 离开 网友： sssssssssss 补充：
"Why do you leave all the hard work up to your mother?"
你为什么把所有难做的事都留给你母亲?
近义：migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate 反义：come, get, reappear, reenter, regress, collect
short [ʃɔːrt] 词频1 词根: sh-
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的; adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地; n. 短裤;短路;缺乏; vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取; vi. 短路;
💡 削头”（谐音）削了头人还能不 矮吗？ 网友：双木成林 补充：缩的（谐音），这样就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat 反义：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint,
然而， 幸运的是，远古人用石头制作了工具，特别是用燧石，
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础性的研究。因此不保密对他们才有利。
Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan.
于是，知识便开始有系统有计划地积累起来。
that a series of deep soundings was obtained in the Atlantic and the first samples were collected by dredging the bottom.
才在大西洋测得一个个海水深度，同时通过挖掘海底，取得了研究海底的首批样品。
The reason lies in its gravity.
其原因在于月球的重力。
wind, earth movements or tremors, and the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.
风、地球的运动或震颤和月亮、太阳的引力。