Sending a fax is more expensive than posting a letter, but much quicker.
发传真比寄信要贵些，但是要快得多。
高三英语课文 Unit 18 Office Equipment

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

expensive [ɪk'spɛnsɪv] 词频2 词根: pend
adj. 昂贵的，花钱多的;豪华的;
💡 ex出+pens花费+ive形容词后缀→要花钱的→昂贵的
"The two liars asked for more expensive silk."
两个骗子索要了很多昂贵的丝绸。
近义：pricey, costly, dear 反义：inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply
posting ['pəustiŋ]
n. 记录;[会计]过帐，记账;委派; v. 邮寄;张贴(post的现在分词);公布;
"She has now accepted a posting as ambassador to Scandinavia."
她现在已接受任命,担任驻斯堪的纳维亚大使.
近义：broadcast, announcement
letter ['lɛtɚ] 词频1 词根: 文字
n. 信;证书，许可证;字母，文字;字面意义; vt. 用字母标明;写字母于;加标题; vi. 写印刷体字母;
"a letter of accreditation"
一份合格证明书
近义：label, mark, docket, missive, note, epistle
sending
n. 发送, 派遣, 发射, 信件, 神赐, 天降\\n[计] 发送
近义：remission, shipment, dispatch, remittent
quicker
a. 快些（quick的形容词比较级）
近义：sooner, faster

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

Which speech are you going to listen to this afternoon?
今天下午你准备去听哪个报告？
So I don't think she's left the college. And her papers and books are all over the desk.
所以我认为她还在学校。而且她的作业和课本都放在桌子上。
I think you'd better fly somewhere in the west.
我认为你最好先飞到西部的一个地方。
On day Haley met and African who was from Gambia, a small country on the west coast of Africa.
有一天，哈利碰到一位非洲人，他来自冈比亚--非洲西海岸的一个小国。
My speech was ill-form and not pleasant to hear.
我的言语变调走样，很不好听。
Many other struggles followed.
接着还爆发了很多其他斗争。