1地面
腳底下踩的地方,就是地面。
110 學測|詞彙題
Lisa tumbled onto the ground and injured her ankle while she was playing basketball yesterday.
Lisa 昨天打籃球時摔倒在地,傷了腳踝。
- 考點:tumble「跌倒、滾落」,tumbled onto the ground and injured her ankle=「摔到地上、傷了腳踝」。bury「埋」、punch「用拳頭打」、scatter「散開」都不能搭配 onto the ground 表示自己摔倒
- injure:「使受傷」
2grounds 場所、地帶(繁殖地、覓食地)
grounds 是一塊土地,用來做某用途的場所、地帶。
107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段
The economic crisis may have also played a role: Homeowners who were not able to pay their bank loans were forced to abandon their properties, sometimes leaving behind swimming pools that made excellent mosquito breeding grounds.
經濟危機可能也有影響:付不出銀行貸款的屋主被迫放棄房產,有時留下游泳池,成了絕佳的蚊子滋生地。
- play a role:「扮演一個角色、有影響」
- be forced to V:「被迫…」
- property:這裡是「房產」
- leaving behind…:分詞構句,表示結果
- breeding ground:「滋生地」
- excellent:「極好的」
113 學測|混合題|第 2 段
Normally, the birds enjoy a smooth flight together as a group when “commuting” between two locations, such as from their nesting site to their feeding ground.
平常這些鳥「通勤」於兩個地點之間時,例如從築巢處到覓食地,會以群體一起平穩飛行。
- smooth:「平穩的」
- commute:「通勤」,加引號是因為鳥不是真的上班
- nesting site:「築巢處」
- such as…:「例如…」
3磨碎的(ground meat 絞肉)
ground 是 grind 的過去分詞,被磨過的,就是磨碎的。
112 學測|混合題|第 1 段
GreenBurger just tastes “beany” to me, so I think that whatever form it comes in, it works better in recipes that would usually contain beans, such as in a rice bowl (as ground meat substitute).
GreenBurger 對我來說就是有「豆味」,所以我覺得不管它是什麼形式,用在通常含豆類的食譜裡效果更好,例如蓋飯(當作絞肉的替代品)。
- beany:「有豆味的」,bean + y
- whatever form it comes in:「不管它以什麼形式出現」
- work better:「效果比較好」
4grounds 根據、理由學測未出現
像房子要有地基,說法也要有地基,就是根據、理由。
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grounds for dismissal
解僱的理由
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on the grounds that
基於…的理由
5共同點、領域學測未出現
雙方站得到的同一塊地,就是共同點、領域。
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common ground
共同點
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break new ground
開創新領域
6be grounded 被禁足、停飛學測未出現
被限制在地面上不能離開,就是被禁足、停飛。
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be grounded
被禁足
