an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人们情愿拿出大笔的钱，也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 14 A noble gangster

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

remarkable [rɪ'mɑrkəbl] 词频2 词根: mark
adj. 异常的，引人注目的，;卓越的;显著的;非凡的，非常（好）的;
💡 re再+mark记号，符号+able能...的→再做记号→值得注意的
"She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills."
她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步.
近义：illustrious, appreciable, laudable, marked, marvelous, memorable
discovery [dɪ'skʌvəri] 词频1 词根: discover
n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
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
Englishman ['iŋɡliʃmən]
n. 英格兰（男）人，英国（男）人;英吉利人;
"I was astonished that he was not an Englishman."
我很惊讶,他竟不是英国人.
近义：limey, briton
john [[dʒɔn]]
n. 盥洗室, 厕所, 嫖客
近义：punter, latrine, loo, outhouse, privy, restroom

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile,
但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，
He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more,
但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币，
A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
有一位名演员曾在一出极为成功的剧目中扮演一个贵族角色，这个贵族已在巴士底狱被关押了20年。
He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
白天睡觉，夜里出来干活，一点不知道自己已成了恩得利家场的活鬼。
He threatened to call the police.
威胁说要去叫警察。
We expected the path to end abruptly,
我们原以为小路会到此突然终止。