When someone dies, all the relations, old and young, come to the marae for the Maori burial service.
当某人死亡后,所有亲戚,无论老幼,均要到集会地参加毛利人的葬礼。
高三英语课文
Unit 19 New Zealand
📚 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. 葬,掩埋;葬礼;
💡 buri=bury埋葬 + al 名词后缀, 行为、事情 → n. 葬礼,葬,掩埋
"Cremation is more common than burial in some countries."
在一些国家,火葬比土葬普遍.
近义:inhumation, interment, sepulture, burying, entombment, funeral
反义:disinterment
n. 服务,服侍;服务业;维修服务;服役;
vt. 检修,维修;向…提供服务;保养;满足需要;
adj. 服务性的;耐用的;服现役的;
💡 serv服务+ice表名词,行为,状态 →服务
"The service has become heavily reliant on government support."
这项服务变得高度依赖政府扶持.
近义:mend, refit, repair, fix, job, occupation
反义:hurt, impair, injure, mar, perish, ruin
adj. 年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;
n. 年轻人;幼小的动物,崽;
💡 秧”(谐音)苗当然是 年轻的。有(U)勇(yong)的 年轻人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
近义:offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反义:antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split