This person recognized the words for river and guitar, and so Haley thought that his ancestor must have come from Gambia.
这个人认出了表示“江”和“吉他”的这两个词,于是哈利就认为他的祖先准是来自冈比亚。
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

person ['pɝsn] 词频1 词根: per
n. 人;(语法)人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义:individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter 反义:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
ancestor ['ænsɛstɚ] 词频2 词根: ante
n. 祖先,祖宗;被继承人;原型;(动物的)原种,先祖;
💡 an=ante前,先+cest=cess行走,前进+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.
近义:ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder 反义:kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
river ['rivə] 词频1 词根: 河流
n. 河,江;溪,巨流;
"We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush."
我们穿过了温德拉什河上的桥。
近义:fluvial
thought [θɔt] 词频1
n. 思想;想法;关心;思索; v. 想( think的过去式和过去分词);思索;以为;认为;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering 反义:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
must [mʌst] 词频1
aux. 必须;必然要;(做出逻辑推断);(表示坚持); n. 必须做的事,必不可少的事物;葡萄汁;霉臭;麝香; vt.& vi. (表示必要或很重要)必须;(提出建议)应该;得;(表示很可能或符合逻辑)一定; adj. 不可或缺的;狂暴的;
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义:ought, should, necessaries, necessity, precondition, prerequisite

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句