學測考點
break down
「拆解、分解」(breaks down a very complex issue)
take down
「拆下」(taken down)
feel down
「心情低落」(feel down in January)
學測原句
- 109 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Also, the idea breaks down a very complex issue regarding depression into something simple and easily understandable, and that tends to appeal to a lot of people.而且,這個說法把憂鬱症這個非常複雜的議題,拆解成簡單又容易懂的東西,這往往吸引很多人。
- break A down into B:「把 A 拆解成 B」
- tend to V:「往往會…」
- appeal to…:「吸引…」;that 指前面這個做法
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段Once the wrong was made right, the pole was taken down.一旦錯誤被改正,柱子就會被拆下。
- once:這裡是連接詞,「一旦」
- the wrong was made right:「錯誤被改正」
- take down:「拆下」
- 109 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段According to psychologist Dean Burnett, people feel down in January owing to post-holiday discontent, and the Blue Monday claim makes it seem like there are scientific reasons for this.根據心理學家 Dean Burnett 的說法,人們在一月心情低落,是因為假期後的失落,而憂鬱星期一的說法讓這看起來有科學理由。
- feel down:「心情低落」
- owing to…:「由於…」
- post-holiday:「假期後的」
- discontent:「不滿、失落」
- make it seem like…:「讓它看起來像…」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段In the oldest surviving maps, south is at the top, and north points down.在現存最古老的地圖裡,南方在上面,北方朝下。
- surviving:「留存下來的」
- point down:「朝下」
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 2 段It is the only one of the whole group that survived the French Revolution, while the rest were melted down for weapons.它是整組鐘裡唯一撐過法國大革命的,其餘的鐘都被熔掉去製造武器。
- the only one of… that survived:「…當中唯一撐過…的」
- survive:「撐過、倖存」,活過了那場災難
- the rest:「其餘的」
- melt down:「熔化」
- while:這裡表對比,「而」
- 背景:法國大革命(French Revolution)始於 1789 年;革命期間許多教堂的鐘被收走熔掉,金屬拿去鑄造武器。
- 113 學測|篇章結構|第 1 段The surgeon could not sit, and when he lay down he could barely get up.這位外科醫師沒辦法坐著,躺下去後又幾乎起不來。
- lay 在這裡是 lie(躺)的過去式:lie-lay-lain;lay down 在這裡是「躺下」的過去式
- barely:「幾乎不」,帶有否定意味
- 112 學測|混合題|第 3 段Hopefully that will come down.希望價格會降下來。
- come down:「下降」;that 指 the price
- 111 學測|篇章結構|第 3 段Paper lanterns and offerings are sent floating down rivers to accompany the ancestors back to their resting place.紙燈籠和供品被放到河上漂流而下,陪伴祖先回到安息之處。
- paper lantern:「紙燈籠」
- sent floating down rivers:「被送去順著河漂流」
- resting place:「安息之處」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段Four millennia ago, an ancient Babylonian wrote down what is possibly the first lullaby.四千年前,一位古巴比倫人寫下了可能是第一首搖籃曲的東西。
- millennium:「千年」,複數 millennia;four millennia ago=「四千年前」
- what is possibly…:what 引導名詞子句,「可能是…的東西」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段After you plunk your money down, Dognition’s website will take you through a questionnaire about your dog: For example, how excited does your dog get around other dogs, or children?你付了錢之後,Dognition 的網站會帶你填一份關於你的狗的問卷,例如:你的狗在其他狗或小孩身邊有多興奮?
- plunk down:「(砰地)付出(錢)」,口語
- questionnaire:「問卷」,字尾是 -aire
- take you through…:「帶你逐步完成…」
- for example:「例如」
- how excited…:冒號後是直接問句,所以用 does your dog 的倒裝語序
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段The first piece was set just high enough so that when it swung out horizontally from the cabinet door, the second piece would swing down from the first, just touching the ground, and so serving as a support for the first piece of the wood.第一片的高度剛好設定好:當它從櫃門水平擺出時,第二片會從第一片垂下,剛好碰到地面,因此撐住第一片木頭。
- set:「設定、安裝」
- swing out:「擺出」
- swing down:「向下擺」
- just touching the ground, and so serving as a support:兩個分詞構句,表示結果
- support:「支撐物」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 4 篇What is the best way to bring down high blood sugar level and blood pressure?要降低高血糖和高血壓,最好的方法是什麼?
- bring down:「降低」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段The worthy vessel held up for nine months, drifting down south slowly and then pushed northward by the ice.這艘可靠的船撐了九個月,先是慢慢往南漂,接著又被冰往北推。
- worthy:「可靠的」,worth 是「值得」,就是值得信賴的船
- hold up:「撐住」
- drift:「漂」
- northward:「往北」,-ward 是「朝…方向」
- 113 學測|混合題|第 3 段They travel entirely along tree branches and vines, laying down trails of pheromone (a chemical substance) behind them so that other ants can follow.牠們完全沿著樹枝與藤蔓移動,並在身後留下費洛蒙(一種化學物質)的路徑,讓其他螞蟻能跟著走。
- lay down:「留下 / 鋪設」
- trail:「路徑」
- pheromone:「費洛蒙」,動物分泌來傳遞訊息的化學物質
- so that… can:「以便…能」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇Traders from Persia settled down permanently around 1000 AD.來自波斯的商人在西元 1000 年左右永久定居下來。
- settle down:「定居」
- AD:西元
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段They also struck them with sticks to roll them down the road.他們也用棍子打圈圈,讓它沿著路滾。
- strike:「打、擊」
- roll…down the road:「讓…沿著路滾」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段When on Earth, we have more fluids in our lower body because they are pulled down by Earth's gravity.在地球上,我們下半身的體液比較多,因為體液被地球的重力往下拉。
- fluid:「體液 / 液體」
- lower body:「下半身」
- pull down:「往下拉」
- are pulled down by…:被動語態
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段When you use a bug bomb, a chemical mixture rains down on your counters, furniture, floors, and walls, leaving behind oily and toxic substances.使用殺蟲彈時,化學混合物會像下雨一樣落在流理台、家具、地板和牆壁上,留下油性的有毒物質。
- rain down:「像雨一樣落下」
- counter:這裡是「流理台」
- leave behind:「留下」
- 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
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Sometimes a test leads you down a path to more and more testing, some of which may be invasive, or to treatment for things that should be left alone.有時,一項檢查會引出越來越多檢查(其中有些可能具侵入性),或導向對本來無須處理的問題進行治療。
- lead someone down a path:「把某人帶上一條路」
- invasive:「侵入性的」
- leave alone:「不去管」
- some of which may be invasive:which 指 testing
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Sitting for too long slows down the body’s metabolism and the way enzymes break down our fat reserves, raising both blood sugar levels and blood pressure.久坐會減緩身體的新陳代謝與酵素分解儲存脂肪的過程,進而使血糖與血壓升高。
- break down:「分解」
- fat reserves:「體內儲存的脂肪」
- raising…:分詞構句,表示結果
- blood sugar:「血糖」
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