學測考點
chief
形容詞「首席的、主要的」(chief illustrator、chief executive officer)
chief
名詞「酋長」(a deceased chief)
學測原句
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Showing great talent in painting, Moran was soon hired as an illustrator at Scribner’s Monthly, and later appointed chief illustrator by age 34.Moran 展現出極高的繪畫天分,很快受雇為《Scribner’s Monthly》的插畫家,最遲在 34 歲時已獲任命為首席插畫家。
- showing…:分詞構句,表示原因
- talent:「天分」
- appoint:「任命」
- chief:「首席的」
- by age 34:「到 34 歲時」
- 背景:Scribner’s Monthly 是 19 世紀美國的圖文雜誌。
- 110 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The company is flourishing and making great profits under the wise leadership of the chief executive officer.在執行長明智的領導下,這家公司蓬勃發展,獲利豐厚。
- make profits:「獲利」
- wise leadership:「明智的領導」
- chief executive officer:「執行長」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段They were erected in memory of a deceased chief or a high-ranking clan member.它們是為紀念已故的酋長或地位高的氏族成員而豎立的。
- erect:「豎立」
- in memory of…:「紀念…」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Inside the homes of high-ranking chiefs is where house poles were found.房柱是在地位高的酋長家中被發現的。
- inside the homes of…is where house poles were found:地點片語當主詞,where 子句當補語,強調地點,「房柱是在…家中被發現的」
- high-ranking:「地位高的」
- chief:「酋長」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Traditionally, shame poles were carved for a chief to embarrass and ridicule another who had done something wrong.傳統上,羞辱柱是酋長為了讓做錯事的另一個人難堪、嘲笑他而雕刻的。
- embarrass:「使難堪」
- another:這裡指另一位酋長
- had done something wrong:過去完成式,在雕刻之前做的錯事
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