學測考點
crisis
「危機」:複數是 crises(with the crisis now in its fifth year)
學測原句
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段With the crisis now in its fifth year, basic public services, including education, inside Syria have been stretched to breaking point.隨著危機進入第五年,敘利亞境內包括教育在內的基本公共服務,已被拉到瀕臨崩潰的地步。
- with the crisis now in its fifth year:with + 受詞 + 補語,表示伴隨狀況
- public services:「公共服務」
- be stretched to breaking point:像被拉到快斷掉,比喻「負荷到極限」
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Due to the global financial crisis, the country's exports decreased by 40 percent last month, the largest drop since 2000.由於全球金融危機,該國上個月的出口下降了 40%,是 2000 年以來最大的跌幅。
- due to…:「由於…」
- global financial crisis:「全球金融危機」
- by 40 percent:「幅度為 40%」
- drop:「下跌」
- 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」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段The report concludes with an earnest request to international policymakers to distribute financial and other resources to ease the regional crisis.報告最後懇切呼籲國際決策者分配財務和其他資源,以緩解區域危機。
- conclude with…:「以…作結」
- earnest:「懇切的」
- policymaker:「決策者」
- ease:「緩解」
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