There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.是什么意思？

There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.

渡輪瞬間傾覆，根本沒時間放救生艇下水。

there

adv. 在那里，那里，在那一點上；pron. 表示某物或某人的存在或某事的發(fā)生（常用作be, seem或appear的主語）；int. （表示滿足、煩惱）你瞧，好啦，得啦；

例句
If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
好比自然界拒絕真空一樣，新聞工作者則厭惡沒有多少新聞可供報道的過渡時期。

was

v. 用來表示某人或某物即主語本身，用來表示某人或某物屬于某一群體或有某種性質（ be的過去式），在，存在，不受干擾；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲傷。

no

adv. 不，否，一點也沒有；adj. 沒有的，不許的，一點兒也沒有，決不是的；n. 不，否定，否認，反對票，否決票；abbr. 數(shù)字(number)，元素锘(nobelium)的符號；

例句
...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
絲毫沒有減弱跡象的犯罪勢頭

time

n. 時間，時刻，時代，次；vt. 為…安排時間，測定…的時間，調(diào)準（機械的）速度，撥準（鐘、表）的快慢；vi. 合拍，和諧，打拍子；adj. 定時的，定期的，[美國英語]分期（付款）的；int. [體育]時間到，（一場或一局等的）比賽時限，暫停；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他們繞過合恩角時，暴風雨已經(jīng)減弱。

to

prep. 向，朝著，到，關于，屬于；adv. 朝一個方向的，到某種狀態(tài)，關閉；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建議你把它留給專家來解決。

launch

vt. 發(fā)射，[計算機]開始（應用程序），發(fā)動，開展（活動、計劃等）；vi. 投入，著手進行，熱衷于…；n. 投擲，大船上的小艇，大型敞篷摩托艇；

例句
The two countries signed an agreement to jointly launch satellites.
兩國曾簽訂了聯(lián)合發(fā)射人造衛(wèi)星的協(xié)議。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指說話人與聽者已知的人（物），用于獨一無二的事物前，與形容詞最高級和序數(shù)詞連用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對該國的確知之甚多。

lifeboats

n. 救生艇，救生船( lifeboat的名詞復數(shù) )；

例句
There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
渡輪瞬間傾覆，根本沒時間放救生艇下水。

because

conj. 因為；

例句
5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home...
每年有5,000人死于家中的意外事故。

ferry

n. 渡船，渡口，擺渡，用船渡運；vt. 航海，渡運，（乘渡船）渡過（河等）；vi. 擺渡；

例句
The ferry hit us amidships.
渡船攔腰撞上了我們的船。

capsized

v. （使船）翻，傾覆( capsize的過去式和過去分詞 )；

例句
Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat capsized during a storm...
他們的船在暴風雨中傾覆后有 48 人溺亡。

with

prep. 和，跟，隨著，關于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端著托盤進來了。

such

det. 這樣的，那樣的，如此，這樣；

例句
...abstract principles such as justice...
正義等抽象原則

alarming

adj. 使人害怕的，擾亂人心的，使人驚慌的，告急的，危言聳聽的；v. 警告(alarm的現(xiàn)在分詞)；

例句
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
這種病以驚人的速度傳播開來。

speed

n. 速度，快速，昌盛，（汽車的）變速器，排擋；vt.& vi. 急行，加速；vi. 超速，加速，迅速前行，興??；vt. 加快…的速度，使成功，使繁榮；

例句
Every bank pays close attention to the speed and accuracy of its staff.
每家銀行都非常關注雇員的工作速度和無差錯率。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請致電414 3925,轉分機2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張在很多人看來是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權當有支付義務的第一方不能支付時，可以向商業(yè)票據(jù)的背書人要求支付的權力。

The police say they suspect the attack was carried out by animal rights activists.
警方說他們懷疑襲擊是由動物權益保護的積極分子們發(fā)動的。

I've never come across hieroglyphics like the handwriting of Peter Smallwood.
我從未見過像彼得·斯莫爾伍德那么難辨認的筆跡。

...a personal letter from the President's secretary...
總統(tǒng)秘書親自寄出的信

He wasn't sure he'd got it right, although the theory attracted him by its logic...
該理論的邏輯性吸引了他，但他不能確定自己的理解是否正確。

I literally crawled to the car.
我真的是爬到車那邊去的。

How did your expectations jibe with the reality?
你的期望和現(xiàn)實有多大差距？

Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
尼古拉斯先生懇請幫助以解決這起兇殺案。

Tamara stared at him in disbelief, shaking her head...
塔瑪拉一邊狐疑地盯著他看，一邊搖著頭。

Are you sure I can't mix you a drink?
你確定不用我為你調(diào)一杯飲料嗎？

There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.是什么意思？

There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.是什么意思？