Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.
然后,人们可以打电话到火车站,从录音电话中获取信息,而不要安排一个专人整天接电话。
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
pron. 某人,有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义:anybody, anyone, one, somebody
n. 电话;听筒;(发声或使用声音的)工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话(给某人);
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话,电话机;耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义:telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
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. 车站;所,局;身份;电视台;
vt. 配置,安置;驻扎;
💡 sta = stand站 + tion表名词→ (车)站,台,局 vt. 安置,派驻
"a newly built station"
新建的车站
近义:lay, locate, marshal, place, posit, position
n. 信息,数据;通知;消息;知识;
💡 in进+form形状+ation名词后缀→通知的东西→信息
"The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials."
各种资料与建议缩短为极简单的要点.
近义:notice, word, communication, info, intelligence, gen