Thus Ellis Island became known as the Island of Tears.
想要进入美国的人都必须经过多次的智力测验和体格检查，大约有200万人不准入境。因此，埃利斯岛被人们称为“眼泪岛”。
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

island ['aɪlənd] 词频1 词根: 岛屿
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
thus [ðʌs] 词频1
adv. 于是，因此;如此，这样，像这样，例如;到这程度，到这地步，这么;如下; conj. 因此;
"Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health."
老年人常常想方设法节约用暖气，结果损害了他们的健康。
近义：sic, so, that, this
became [bi'keim] 词频1
v. 变为，成为（ become的过去式 ）;
"She was made her father's attorney when he became ill."
她在父亲生病时代理父亲的事务。
known [nəun] 词频1
adj. 大家知道的;已知的;知名的;向某人作自我介绍; v. 知道( know的过去分词 );看到过;听到过;经历过;
"There is no known antidote to the poison."
这种毒的解药尚未发现。
近义：acknowledged, familiar, noted, reputable, reputed 反义：ignored, obscure, unadmired, unbeknown, unfamiliar, unidentified
tears
n. 眼泪；泪水（tear复数形式）
近义：bawling, wailing, weeping, blubbering, crying 反义：hysterics, guffaw

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

Be careful! Don't throw your cigarette out of the window. If you do that, you may start a fire. Put it out in the ashtray.
当心！别把香烟丢到窗外。要是你那样做，会引起火灾的。把它熄灭在烟缸里。
In actual fact, I think you're right.
确实，我认为你是对的。
He reasoned with them, and tried to persuade them to set him free.
他跟这些人讲道理，试图说服他们把他放了。
He had found his family, and his roots at last!
他终于找到了他的家族，他的“根”了！
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上，最后他终于把它们连接起来，工作因而进展得更快。
Finally, India won her independence on August 15th, 1947, but Gandhi himself was shot five months later by an Indian who opposed his views.
印度终于在1947年8月15日获得独立，但甘地本人却在5个月后被一个反对他的观点的印度人枪杀。