學測英文-精準背單字

alone / lonely 易混淆字

alone 是「一個人」,只說沒有別人;lonely 是「孤單、寂寞」,說心裡的感覺。

alone

一個人
拆開就是 all + one:全部只有一個。一個人可以很快樂。
113 學測|文意選填
On a hilltop overlooking the 2011-tsunami hit Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan, there is a white phone booth standing all alone in the wind.
在俯瞰日本東北部、2011 年遭海嘯襲擊的 Otsuchi Town 的山丘頂上,有一座白色電話亭,孤零零地立在風中。(獨自站在風中)
  • overlook:「俯瞰」,over(上方)+ look,從高處往下看
  • 2011-tsunami hit:「遭 2011 年海嘯襲擊的」,hit 是過去分詞,修飾 Otsuchi Town
  • phone booth:「電話亭」
  • 背景:2011 年 3 月 11 日東日本大地震引發海嘯,岩手縣大槌町受災嚴重;這座白色電話亭就是「風之電話」。
111 學測|混合題
Escaping from the war zone, he wandered alone for a week in a rainforest before being rescued and taken to a center for displaced children in the capital, Kinshasa.
逃離戰區後,他在雨林獨自流浪了一週,才被救起,並被帶到首都 Kinshasa 一個收容流離失所兒童的中心。(獨自一人徘徊了一個星期)
  • escaping from…:分詞構句,「逃離…之後」
  • war zone:「戰區」
  • wander:「流浪」
  • before being rescued and taken…:「在被救起並被帶到…之前」
105 學測|綜合測驗
In the year 1990 alone, the growth in trade in services was as high as 19%.
光是 1990 年這一年,服務貿易的成長就高達 19%。(放在名詞後面:光是 1990 年)
  • alone:放在名詞後面,「單單」
  • as high as…:「高達…」
  • growth in…:「…的成長」

lonely

孤單、寂寞
心裡覺得「沒人陪」,帶有難過的感覺。
113 學測|文意選填
The lonely "wind phone" serves to connect family members to their departed loved ones who died in the tsunami that claimed 18,000 lives.
這座孤單的「風之電話」,是要讓家屬和在海嘯中喪生的摯愛亡者連結起來;那場海嘯奪走了 18,000 條人命。(孤單的「風之電話」)
  • serve to V:「功能是…」
  • connect A to B:「把 A 和 B 連結起來」
  • loved ones:「摯愛的人」
  • claim lives:「奪走性命」,claim 本義是「主張擁有」,災難把生命「拿走」

怎麼判斷

自我檢測

113 學測|文意選填
1. On a hilltop overlooking the 2011-tsunami hit Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan, there is a white phone booth standing all ____ in the wind.
113 學測|文意選填
2. The ____ "wind phone" serves to connect family members to their departed loved ones who died in the tsunami that claimed 18,000 lives.
111 學測|混合題
3. Escaping from the war zone, he wandered ____ for a week in a rainforest before being rescued and taken to a center for displaced children in the capital, Kinshasa.

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