Well, I think at the beginning we'd rather have some fairly quiet and peaceful music.
好，我想，开始时，我们宁可听些柔和舒缓的音乐。
高二英语课文
Unit 21 Music
📚 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
adv. 适当，相当地;公平地;完全，简直;清楚地;
💡 fair公平 + ly ...地→ ad.相当；公平地
"The use of opium was not criminalized until fairly recently."
直到最近抽鸦片才被判定为非法。
近义：long, moderately, averagely, pretty, quite, rather
反义：undeservingly, unjustly, foully
adj. 清静的;僻静的;不起眼的;不激动的;
vt.& vi. 安静下来，使…安静，平静;
vt. 减轻（病痛、疑虑、恐惧等）;[法律]确定（产权等）;
prep. 克制的，稳重的，不张扬的;
n. 宁静;寂静;
adv. 安静地，平静地;
💡 qui “静止,平静”
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：preoccupy, rattle, trouble, unnerve, upset, worry
adj. 和平的;爱好和平的;安静的;平静的;
💡 peace和平+ful…的 →和平的
"Violence once again irrupted into their peaceful lives."
他们平静的生活中再度爆发了暴力冲突。
近义：mild, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasurable, quiet
反义：anxious, jumpy, perturbed, queasy, queazy, restive