tend / intend / attend 易混淆字
tend 是「傾向」,intend 是「打算」,attend 是「出席」。
104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
Patients tend to believe more testing is better treatment.
病人傾向認為檢查越多,治療越好。(傾向於相信)
- believe (that)…:省略 that
- better treatment:「更好的治療」
104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
They tend to stand or move around less on days they work out.
他們在運動的日子,往往站著或走動得比較少。(傾向於)
- move around:「走動」
- work out:「運動、健身」
105 學測|詞彙題
In winter, our skin tends to become dry and itchy, a problem which is usually treated by applying lotions or creams.
冬天時我們的皮膚容易變得乾燥又發癢,這個問題通常用乳液或乳霜來處理。(容易變乾)
- 考點:itchy「發癢的」,dry and itchy=「乾燥又發癢」,itch 加 y。alert「警覺的」、steady「穩定的」、flexible「有彈性的」都不能形容皮膚乾燥的症狀
- treat:「處理、治療」
- apply A:「塗抹 A」
- cream:「乳霜」
110 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
The success of the park is exactly what Morgan intended to achieve.
這座公園的成功正是 Morgan 想要達成的。(打算達成)
- exactly:「正是」
- what Morgan intended to achieve:「Morgan 打算達成的事」,what 相當於 the thing that
- intend to V:「打算…」
105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
Forty percent of all children in the world are not attending schools due to ongoing conflict.
由於持續的衝突,全世界有百分之四十的兒童沒有上學。(上學)
- forty percent of…:「…的百分之四十」
- due to…:「由於…」
- ongoing:「持續中的」
106 學測|閱讀測驗
Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life.
他的許多作品描繪孩子玩耍與上學、農家女孩做事、獵人與獵物,已成為十九世紀美國生活的經典畫面。(專心做(照料))
- depiction:「描繪」,depict 的名詞
- attend to…:「專心處理…」
- prey:「獵物」,不可數
- depictions of…:「對…的描繪」,破折號後面這一串是在說明前面的 many of his works
怎麼判斷
- tend 是「傾向、常常會」,用 tend to + 動詞。例:Cats tend to sleep a lot.(貓咪常常睡很久)
- intend 是「打算」,用 intend to + 動詞。例:I intend to study abroad.(我打算出國念書)
- attend 是「參加、出席」,後面直接接場合,不加 to。例:attend a meeting(參加會議)。attend to 是另一個意思「處理」。
自我檢測
104 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
1. Patients ____ to believe more testing is better treatment.
110 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
2. The success of the park is exactly what Morgan ____ to achieve.
105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項)
3. Forty percent of all children in the world are not ____ schools due to ongoing conflict.
