cease / seize 易混淆字
cease 是「停止」,seize 是「一把抓住、奪取」。
115 學測|閱讀測驗
In perhaps our most common interaction with maps—the use of GPS systems on our phones and in our cars, directions have ceased to be as important.
在我們最常使用地圖的方式——手機和車上的 GPS——裡,方位已經不再那麼重要了。(不再像以前那麼重要)
- interaction with…:「和…互動」;破折號後面的 the use of GPS systems… 是在說明前面的 interaction with maps(和地圖互動)
- cease to be…:「不再是…」,cease 是 stop 的書面字
怎麼判斷
- cease 是「停止」,意思和 stop 接近。例:The noise ceased.(噪音停了)
- seize 是「抓住、奪取」,可以抓住機會,也可以搶下土地或權力。例:seize the chance(抓住機會)
- 唸法不同:cease 結尾像 peace(/s/),seize 結尾像 freeze(/z/)。
自我檢測
115 學測|閱讀測驗
1. In perhaps our most common interaction with maps—the use of GPS systems on our phones and in our cars, directions have ____ to be as important.
109 學測|閱讀測驗
2. During World War II, Japan ____ much of Southeast Asia’s rubber.
