Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名,因为他们非常繁忙,所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候,许多人的姓名都被更改了。
高三英语课文
Unit 13 The USA
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 麻烦;烦恼;故障;动乱;
vi. 费心;烦恼;
vt. 麻烦;使烦恼;折磨;
💡 turb = stir”表示”搅动”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我们在撬树根时遇到了很多麻烦.
近义:inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
adj. 外国的,外交的;外来的;不相干的;[医]异质的;
💡 fore 表示”论坛,公共发言的地方”,”户外,
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义:newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
反义:indigenous, native, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, primeval
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 岛,岛屿;
vt. 使孤立;
💡 isl(island)+and(名词后缀)→岛;岛屿;岛状物;使成为岛;孤立
"Sugar is an important crop on the island."
糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。
近义:isle, insular
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义:since, whereas, for, forasmuchas