學測考點
the amount of + 不可數名詞
「…的量」(the amount of water)
a large / massive amount of…
「大量的…」(a very large amount of processed coconut oil、massive amounts of salt)
the amount + 子句
「…的量」:the amount 後面省略關係代名詞 that(the amount people smile)
學測原句
- 114 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›If you put a container under a leaking faucet, you will be surprised at the amount of water collected in 24 hours.如果你在漏水的水龍頭下放一個容器,會很驚訝 24 小時內收集到的水量。
- leaking faucet:「漏水的水龍頭」,leak 是「漏」
- the amount of water:「水量」,amount 搭配不可數名詞
- collected in 24 hours:「24 小時內累積的」,過去分詞修飾 water
- 112 學測|混合題|第 5 段They also contain a very large amount of processed coconut oil, which is even worse than lard.它們還含有非常大量的加工椰子油,比豬油更糟。
- processed coconut oil:「加工過的椰子油」
- even worse:even 加強比較級
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段However, the sea snake’s salt glands cannot handle the massive amounts of salt that would enter their bodies if they actually drank seawater.然而,海蛇的鹽腺無法處理牠們若真的喝了海水、會進入體內的大量鹽分。
- would enter:與事實相反的假設,因為牠們其實不喝海水
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段The amount people smile is culturally influenced as well.人們微笑的多寡也受到文化影響。
- the amount people smile:people smile 是省略 that 的子句,修飾 the amount
- as well:「也」,放句尾
- 110 學測|文意選填|第 1 段Research shows that modest amounts of exercise—even just 15 minutes a day—helps ease depression, enhance self-image, relieve stress, and much more.研究顯示,適量的運動,即使每天只有 15 分鐘,也有助於減輕憂鬱、提升自我形象、紓解壓力,還有更多好處。
- ease:這裡是動詞,「減輕」
- enhance:「提升」
- relieve stress:「紓解壓力」
- and much more:「還有更多」;主詞 amounts 是複數,原文 helps 應為 help
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇The amount of energy produced in the desalination of seawater.海水淡化過程中產生的能量。
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Small amounts of regular activity, even just standing and moving around, throughout the day is enough to bring the increased levels back down.在一天中規律地做少量活動,即使只是站起來四處走動,也足以讓升高的數值降回來。
- small amounts of…:「少量的…」
- throughout the day:「整天」
- bring…back down:「讓…降回來」
- is enough to V:「足以…」
- levels:這裡指血糖與血壓的數值;主詞 amounts 是複數,原文 is 應為 are
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Milk naturally contains salt and lactose, a sugar which the human body needs in small amounts to help stimulate water absorption.牛奶天然含有鹽和乳糖;乳糖是一種糖,人體需要少量,來幫助促進水分吸收。
- lactose:「乳糖」,牛奶裡天然含有的糖
- a sugar which the human body needs…:同位語,解釋 lactose
- absorption:「吸收」,absorb 是「吸收」
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 1 段To sustain this amount of fluid in our bodies, plain water is considered our best choice, for it contains no sugar and no calories.為了維持體內這麼多的液體,白開水被認為是最佳選擇,因為它不含糖也不含熱量。
- plain water:「白開水」,plain 是「單純的」
- for:這裡是連接詞,「因為」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段And those small amounts of activity add up—30 minutes of light activity in two or three-minute bursts can be just as effective as a half-hour block of exercise.而這些少量的活動會累積起來,分成兩、三分鐘一小段一小段進行的 30 分鐘輕度活動,可以和連續半小時的運動一樣有效。
- add up:「累積」
- those small amounts of activity:「那些少量的活動」
- in two or three-minute bursts:「分成兩、三分鐘一小段一小段地做」,burst 這裡是「短時間的一陣」
- light activity:「輕度活動」
- just as effective as…:「和…一樣有效」
- block:這裡是「一段(時間)」
近義字
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