學測英文-精準背單字

admit / permit / commit / submit 易混淆字

四個字都是「做某個動作」:admit 承認、permit 允許、commit 投入、submit 提交。

admit

承認;讓…進入
admission 是「入場」,如 admission ticket「入場券」。admit 原本是讓人進來,把事實「放進」說出口,就是「承認」。
104 學測|閱讀測驗
Recalling the group’s first tour in Europe, Camake Valaule, a physical education teacher and the founder of the Taiwu Elementary School Folk Singers, admitted that he felt very nervous.
回想起團隊第一次的歐洲巡演,泰武國小古謠傳唱隊的創辦人、同時也是體育老師的 Camake Valaule 承認,他當時非常緊張。(承認自己很緊張)
  • recalling…:「回想起…」,說明主詞 Camake Valaule 當時在做什麼
  • tour:「巡演」
  • physical education:「體育」
  • admit:「承認」

permit

允許
permission 是「許可」,permit 就是給許可。
114 學測|閱讀測驗
Thus, only the government was permitted to produce the alcohol.
因此,只有政府獲准生產這種酒。(只有政府被允許生產)
  • be permitted to V:「獲准…」,permit 是「允許」
  • only the government:「只有政府」,only 修飾後面的 the government
110 學測|閱讀測驗
Only people who paid their taxes were permitted to travel to different regions of the Caliphate.
只有繳稅的人才被允許前往哈里發國的不同地區。(只有繳稅的人被允許旅行)
  • only people who…:「只有…的人」

commit

投入;承諾
commitment 是「承諾、投入」。把錢、時間、心力放進某件事,就是 commit。
110 學測|詞彙題
The non-profit organization has committed $1 million over five years to finance the construction of the medical center.
這個非營利組織已承諾五年內投入 100 萬美元,資助這間醫療中心的興建。(投入一百萬美元)
  • 考點:commit 這裡是「承諾投入(資金)」,committed $1 million over five years=「承諾五年內投入一百萬美元」。commit 本義是「託付」,把錢託付出去。equip「裝備」、resolve「決心」、associate「聯想 / 結交」都不能接金額
  • non-profit organization:「非營利組織」
  • finance:這裡是動詞,「資助」
  • construction:「興建」
  • medical center:「醫療中心」

submit

提交
把文件、提案交出去,讓別人審查決定,就是 submit,意思和 hand in 相近。
107 學測|閱讀測驗
Nine proposals were submitted, and the Irish-born architect James Hoban won the gold medal for his practical and handsome design.
共收到九份提案,愛爾蘭出生的建築師 James Hoban 以實用又好看的設計贏得金牌。(提交了九份提案)
  • proposal:「提案」,propose 的名詞
  • submit:「提交」
  • Irish-born:「愛爾蘭出生的」
  • architect:「建築師」,ch 讀 /k/
  • handsome:這裡形容建築,是「好看的」,不是只形容人

怎麼判斷

自我檢測

104 學測|閱讀測驗
1. Recalling the group’s first tour in Europe, Camake Valaule, a physical education teacher and the founder of the Taiwu Elementary School Folk Singers, ____ that he felt very nervous.
114 學測|閱讀測驗
2. Thus, only the government was ____ to produce the alcohol.
110 學測|詞彙題
3. The non-profit organization has ____ $1 million over five years to finance the construction of the medical center.
107 學測|閱讀測驗
4. Nine proposals were ____, and the Irish-born architect James Hoban won the gold medal for his practical and handsome design.

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