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 今天我们要学的词是 afield.

 

afield 是远离（家园、话题）的意思。 A Nasa satellite tracking the Australian bush fires has shown that the smoke shrouding¹ many of the country's major cities has moved as far afield as parts of China, Mongolia and Russia. 美国国家航空航天局的一颗追踪澳大利亚丛林大火的卫星显示，笼罩在澳洲许多大城市的浓烟已经漂移到远在中国、蒙古和俄罗斯的部分地区。

 

In the U.S. more than 3 million shelter animals are adopted every year. But if you can't find the animal you've been waiting for locally or even nationally, you can look even farther² afield. 美国每年有300多万收容所的动物被收养。不过如果你在附近甚至全美范围内找不到你期待的宠物，还可以往更远的地方看看。

1 shrouding   

n.覆盖v.隐瞒( shroud的现在分词 )；保密

参考例句：

• The mist shrouding the walley had lifted. 笼罩山谷的雾霭散去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A dark stubble was shrouding his strong jaw and dimpled chin. 硕大有凹陷的下巴上满是深色的短须。 来自互联网

2 farther   

adj.更远的，进一步的；adv.更远的，此外；far的比较级

参考例句：

• I can throw the ball farther than you can.这个球我能比你扔得远。
• The farther hill is five kilometres away.那座更远的小山在五公里以外。