About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.
旅程开始时拴在下边的人大约有三分之一已经不见了。
高三英语课文
Unit 14 Roots
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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
adv. 在下面，到下面;
prep. （表示位置）在…下面;（表示状态）在…掩饰之下;（表示比较）不及;低于;
💡 be构成一些介词+low低的→在…下面
"He dived below the surface of the water."
他潜入了水中。
近义：infra, under, underneath, beneath
反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
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
n. 旅行，旅程行期;历程，过程;
vi. 旅行，出游;
vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行，旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义：peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
adj. 失去的;下落不明的;
v. 错过( miss的现在分词);
💡 miss 表示“丢失”\" + ing [名词后缀],构成抽象名词，表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.缺掉的，失去的
"The missing letter had been misfiled."
找不着的那封信放错地方了。
近义：absent, lost, astray, mislaid, stray, departed
反义：coexistent, contemporary, current, existent, left, leftover