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。
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
vt. 连接，联结;使…有联系;为…接通电话;插入插座;
vi. 连接;建立关系;[体]成功击中;
💡 con共同+nect连结 → 连结
"Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap."
把水管接在龙头上,打开水龙头.
近义：interlink, join, link, attach, splice, tie
反义：sever, uncouple, unplug, break, decouple, detach
n. 橡胶;橡皮;决胜局;避孕套;
adj. 橡胶制成的;
vt. 涂橡胶于;用橡胶制造;
vi. 扭转脖子看;好奇地引颈而望;
💡 rubb=rub相互磨擦+er名词后缀 → 能相互摩擦的 → 橡皮
"the pungent smell of burning rubber"
烧橡胶的刺鼻气味
近义：caoutchouc, eraser, resin, sap, prophylactic, johnny
vt. 供给;补充;弥补（缺陷、损失等）;向…提供（物资等）;
n. 供给物;储备物质;粮食;
vi. 暂代他人职务;
💡 sup在下面+ply重叠，折叠→重叠下去→供应[下去],补给
"an adequate supply of hot water"
热水供应充足
近义：minister, munition, procure, provide, provision, purvey
反义：move, rob, take, budge, inadequacy, insufficiency
n. 结果;（尤指足球比赛的）胜利;[体]比分;成功实现的事;
vi. 发生，产生;归结为，导致;后果，终结;由…而造成[产生];
💡 re反问+sult跳→反回来的东西→结果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果，还是我们生而有之？
近义：implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长;
v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal