學測考點
despite + 名詞
「儘管…」,後面接名詞,不接完整子句
- despite the pain
- despite decades of investigation
- despite their great variety
學測原句
- 114 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Despite his busy schedule, the President graced the school's graduation ceremony with his presence and a heartwarming speech.儘管行程繁忙,總統仍蒞臨該校的畢業典禮,並發表了一場暖心的演說。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- heartwarming:「暖心的」,heart + warm + ing
- 113 學測|篇章結構|第 4 段Thus, more and more patients are now advised to keep moving despite the pain.因此,現在越來越多病患被建議,即使會痛也要持續活動。
- more and more:「越來越多」
- be advised to V:「被建議…」
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- keep moving:「持續活動」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Despite decades of investigation, there is no consensus on exactly what causes the beautiful and mysterious phenomenon of crown shyness.儘管研究了數十年,對於究竟是什麼造成樹冠羞避這個美麗又神祕的現象,仍沒有共識。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- decades:「數十年」
- consensus:「共識」,no consensus on…:「對…沒有共識」
- exactly what causes…:「究竟什麼造成…」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段Despite their popularity, flip-flops provoke some questions.儘管受歡迎,夾腳拖也引發一些疑問。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 5 段Despite the threats posed by cultural and political encroachment of colonial forces, the art of totem pole carving has survived.儘管殖民勢力的文化與政治侵蝕帶來威脅,雕刻圖騰柱的藝術仍存續下來。
- threat posed by…:「…帶來的威脅」
- encroachment:「侵蝕、侵犯」
- colonial forces:「殖民勢力」
- survive:「存續」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段Despite the economic and environmental hurdles, desalination is becoming increasingly attractive as human beings are using up fresh water from other sources.儘管有經濟與環境上的阻礙,隨著人類用盡其他來源的淡水,海水淡化正變得越來越有吸引力。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- hurdle:「障礙」,本義是「跨欄」
- use up:「用盡」,up 在這裡是「到底、到完」,用到完就是「用盡」
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Despite their great variety, however, most domesticated apples can be traced back to a common ancestor, the wild apple of Central Asia, Malus sieversii.然而,儘管品種繁多,大多數馴化的蘋果都可追溯到同一個祖先:中亞的野蘋果 Malus sieversii。
- despite:「儘管」,後面接名詞
- domesticated:「馴化的、栽培的」
- be traced back to…:「被追溯到…」
- ancestor:「祖先」,c 讀 s
- Malus sieversii:學名,不用背
近義字
補充說明: despite / spite
despite 與 spite 差在前面的 de-,意思不同。spite 作名詞時指「惡意」,out of spite 為「出於惡意」。spite 單獨不能表示「儘管」,要寫成 in spite of,意思與 despite 相同,可以互換使用。
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