學測考點
brought forth
「提出」(first brought forth by)
brought…to…
「把…引入…」(brought tea-drinking to the English royal court)
學測原句
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The idea for the wind phone was first brought forth by a Japanese garden designer named Itaru Sasaki, who was grieving over the death of his cousin in 2010, before the tsunami.風之電話的點子,最早是由名叫 Itaru Sasaki 的日本庭園設計師提出的,他當時正為 2010 年(海嘯發生前)過世的堂表親悲痛。
- bring forth:「提出」,把想法拿到前面來
- named…:「名叫…」
- grieve over…:「為…悲痛」,grief 是「悲傷」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段A lover of tea since her childhood in Portugal, she brought tea-drinking to the English royal court and set a trend for the beverage in the seventeenth century.她從小在葡萄牙就愛喝茶,把喝茶帶進英國皇室宮廷,並在十七世紀帶起這種飲料的風潮。
- A lover of tea:「愛茶的人」
- since her childhood:「從童年起」
- set a trend for…:「帶起…的流行」
- beverage:「飲料」,比 drink 正式
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段The project in Mexico City has brought new hope to reducing the use of fossil fuels.墨西哥城的這項計畫,為減少使用化石燃料帶來了新希望。
- bring new hope to…:「為…帶來新希望」
- fossil fuels:「化石燃料」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇The sandals American soldiers brought home from Japan later became modern flip-flops.美國士兵從日本帶回家的涼鞋,後來變成了現代的夾腳拖。
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 1 段But whenever Dad insisted on going, she made sure that he brought a shopping list.但每當爸爸堅持要去,她就確保他帶著購物清單。
- insist on V-ing:「堅持要…」
- make sure (that)…:「確保…」
- shopping list:「購物清單」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Princess Catherine brought tea to England after visiting Portugal.Catherine 公主造訪葡萄牙後,把茶帶到英國。
- bring A to B:「把 A 帶到 B」
- after visiting…:「在造訪…之後」
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists in the 17th century.蘋果在亞洲和歐洲已種植數千年,並在十七世紀由歐洲殖民者帶到北美洲。
- have been grown:現在完成式被動
- the 17th century:「十七世紀」
- were brought:被動語態
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段His vivid paintings brought the splendor of the extraordinary landscapes before the eyes of American people, thus setting the stage for the regions to be widely recognized and officially established as national parks.他生動的畫作,把這些非凡風景的壯麗帶到美國人眼前,因而為這些地區被廣泛認識、並正式設立為國家公園鋪好了路。
- extraordinary:「非凡的」,extra-(超出)+ ordinary(普通)
- bring A before the eyes of…:「把 A 呈現在…眼前」
- set the stage for…:「為…鋪路」,舞台搭好,事情才能上演
- recognize:「認可」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 4 段“The blessing that Morgan has brought is beyond anything that I ever could have imagined and could explain.”「Morgan 帶來的福氣,遠超乎我所能想像與言語所能表達的。」
- blessing:「福氣、祝福」
- beyond anything that…:「超出…的任何事物」
- could have imagined:could have + 過去分詞,這裡是「曾經能想像到」
- 110 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The invention of the steam engine, which was used to power heavy machines, brought about a revolutionary change in society.蒸汽機可用來驅動重型機器,它的發明為社會帶來革命性的改變。
- steam engine:「蒸汽機」;which 指 steam engine,補充說明蒸汽機
- power:這裡是動詞,「提供動力」
- bring about:「帶來」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段In the 1950s, flip-flops became popular in the United States as soldiers returning from occupied Japan brought zōris home.1950 年代,隨著從被占領的日本返國的士兵帶回草履,夾腳拖在美國流行起來。
- occupied:「被占領的」
- as:這裡是連接詞,「隨著」
- soldiers returning from…:現在分詞,修飾 soldiers
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