In the beginning they used to carve Chinese characters on stones to record important dates in history.
开始时,他们常把汉字刻在石头上,记载历史上重要的日期。
高一英语课文
Unit 20 Mainly Revision
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 开始;根源;原始思想;前兆;
v. 开始( begin的现在分词);
💡 beginn=begin开始+ing表名词→开始,开端;起源
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶.
近义:inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, leadoff, nascence
反义:outcome, pause, result, stop, suspension, termination
adj. 重要的;权威的;有势力的;有地位的;
💡 import重要的 + ant 具有...性质的 → a.重要的;有势力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透气的重要工作。
近义:appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material
反义:idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 中国人;华人;中文;汉语;
adj. 中国的;中国人的;中国话的;中文的;
💡 Chin=China中国+ese某国人或语言→中国的(人),汉语
"The jet entered Chinese airspace without permission."
那架喷气式飞机未经允许闯入中国领空。
近义:chink, chinaman
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用( use的过去式和过去分词);常常,经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义:outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义:unused, unworn