新概念英语第四册Lesson21~25课文注释

新概念英语第四册Lesson21课文注释

 1 nothing but,仅仅,只是。

 2 in short,总而言之,一句话。

 3 the old West,指密西西比河以西地区。

 4 be rooted in,生根于。

 5 join hands in,携手联合。

 6 live by,靠...过活。

新概念英语第四册Lesson22课文注释

 1 with the invention of writing,短语中的with 是“由于”的意思。

 2 education in its turn added to libraries,教育反过来也丰富了藏书。

 3 a kind of compound interest law,一种复利法则。compound interest law有时也被称作雪球法则,即利上滚利,增长很快。

 4 turn... to account,利用...。

 5 Could any spectacle,...to restore them?这句话从形式上是个疑问句,但实质上起一个加强语气的陈述句的作用,这种疑问句常被称为修辞疑问句。

新概念英语第四册Lesson23课文注释

 1 keep company with,陪伴着....。

 2 The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards,沿着船体上升的气流。

 3 steel-like muscles,that are a good part of the weight of the bird,句中以that引导的从句是一个非限定性定语从句,修饰muscles,但用that引导非限定性定语从句是很罕见的。

 4 in hghest measure,程度的。

 5 It tires no nor does it boast of its power,but belongs to the air,travelling it may be .. adverse.句中的tires not 是古英语或诗歌中使用的句式。boast of 中的of = about;belong to the air的意思是:与天空融为一体。travelling it may be是倒装语序,这是为了强调travelling 的生动逼真,自然语离是it may be travelling...;nesting home.意为home for nesting,flown young中的flown意为已会飞的。a medium(媒介)指air.

新概念英语第四册Lesson24课文注释

 1 in moments of intense aesthetic experience,在感受到强烈美的时候。

 2 in some way highter, in some way是“在某种程度上”的意思,higher与前面的different and是并列的,作realm of existence的定语。

 3 yet do they convey a hint of beauty,其中的do 起强调作用,放在主语之前更具有强调的意义。

 4 In some moods Nature shares it.在某种状态下,大自然也具有这种力量。it是指前面一句中this power of suggesting a world beyond.

新概念英语第四册Lesson25课文注释

 1 the Services,军队

 2 On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that...

 句中 on 的意思是 on the occasion of,directly after(当时,随后)。

 3 aircraft carrier,航空母舰。

 4 That does not prove that it does no exist;but it does mean that...句中出现的3个does的语法功能并不相同,前两个does是一般现在时的否定式使用的助动词,第3个does则是强调用法,有强化句意的作用。