學測考點
形容詞 / 副詞 + enough (for 人) to do something
「夠…而能…」:enough 放在形容詞或副詞後面
- big enough to rescue
- dark enough for defenders to hide
- easy enough to pull apart
enough + 名詞
「足夠的…」:enough 放在名詞前面
- not enough salt
- enough scientific evidence
- enough space to write notes
動詞 + enough
「(動作)做得夠多」:enough 放在動詞後面;cannot thank…enough 是「再怎麼感謝也不夠」
- broke up enough for them to escape
- exercising or moving around enough
- cannot thank GreenBurger enough
be enough (to do something)
「就足夠(做…)」,enough 單獨當補語(the first bolt would have been enough、is enough to bring the increased levels back down)
學測原句
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段"If he was, the first bolt would have been enough.「如果祂在找我,第一次閃電就夠了。
- if he was, the first bolt would have been enough:與過去事實相反的假設,「如果祂真的在找我,第一道閃電就夠了」
- 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
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段Finally, the ice broke up enough for them to escape in lifeboats.最後,冰層裂開到足以讓他們搭救生艇逃出。
- break up:「裂開」
- enough for someone to V:「夠讓某人…」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇Cotton was not durable enough to be used as its materials.棉不夠耐用,不適合當作它的材料。
- enough to V:「足夠…」
- 112 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Replacing lost fluid with just plain water means the body has too much water and not enough salt.只用白開水補充流失的水分,表示身體的水太多、鹽太少。
- replace A with B:「用 B 補充 A」
- replacing… means…:動名詞當主詞
- not enough salt:「鹽不夠」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段If something dangerous needed to be done for a scene, the producers would hire anyone crazy or desperate enough to do it.如果場景需要做危險的事,製片人會雇用任何瘋狂或絕望到願意去做的人。
- would hire:表示過去的習慣
- desperate:「絕望的」,不顧一切的
- adj + enough to V:「夠…而能…」,crazy or desperate enough to do it
- producer:「製片人」
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The claim that eating chocolate can prevent heart disease is disputable because there is not enough scientific evidence to support it.吃巧克力可以預防心臟病的說法有爭議,因為沒有足夠的科學證據支持。
- the claim that…:「…的說法」,that 子句說明 claim 的內容
- heart disease:「心臟病」
- scientific evidence:「科學證據」
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Peter likes books with wide margins, which provide him with enough space to write notes.Peter 喜歡頁邊空白很寬的書,這樣他有足夠的空間寫筆記。
- which provide him with…:「提供他…」,provide A with B
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇She did not think that plastic stools were tall enough for her.她不認為塑膠凳子對她來說夠高。
- she did not think that…:否定轉移,英文把 not 放在 think 前,中文是「不認為…夠高」
- 形容詞 + enough:「夠…」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇The staircase was dark enough for defenders to hide from attackers.樓梯暗到足以讓守衛躲避攻擊者。
- 形容詞 + enough for someone to V:「…到足以讓某人…」
- defender:「守衛者」,defend 的名詞
- hide from…:「躲避…」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段On August 30, 1916, Shackleton finally got back to Elephant Island with a ship big enough to rescue the rest of his men.1916 年 8 月 30 日,Shackleton 終於帶著一艘大到足以救出其餘船員的船回到象島。
- big enough to V:「大到足以…」,enough 放在形容詞後面
- the rest of…:「其餘的…」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段By 1955, he had completed an improved version of the product, with each square inch of material containing 300 hooks, which made it stay fastened and yet easy enough to pull apart when needed.到 1955 年,他完成了這項產品的改良版,每平方英寸的材料含有 300 個鉤子,既能維持扣緊,需要時又很容易拉開。
- by 1955, he had completed…:過去完成式,「到 1955 年時已經完成」
- with each square inch of material containing 300 hooks:with + 受詞 + V-ing,「每平方英寸…含有…」
- which:指前面整件事
- stay fastened:「維持扣緊」
- and yet:「卻又」,強調對比
- pull apart:「拉開」
- when needed:省略 it is
- 112 學測|混合題|第 4 段We’ve been mostly vegan 90% of the time for the last 6 years and we cannot thank GreenBurger enough!過去六年來,我們有 90% 的時間幾乎都吃全素,我們對 GreenBurger 的感謝說不完!
- mostly vegan:「大部分是純素」
- for the last 6 years:搭配現在完成式
- cannot thank…enough:「再怎麼感謝…都不夠」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段In order to protect their branches from breakage, trees maintain "shyness gaps"—spaces large enough to prevent them from touching their neighbors.為了保護樹枝不折斷,樹木會維持「羞避縫隙」,也就是大到足以避免碰到鄰樹的空間。
- in order to V:「為了…」
- breakage:「折斷」,break + age
- "shyness gaps" 後面的破折號是同位語,解釋前面的詞
- prevent A from V-ing:「避免 A 做…」,A 指 them
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Bullard, having witnessed the life-saving power of the metal helmet in the War, decided to produce a head protection device that was affordable for every worker and lightweight enough to be worn all day long.Bullard 在戰爭中目睹金屬頭盔救命的威力,決定生產一種每個工人都買得起、又輕到能整天戴著的頭部防護裝置。
- having witnessed…:完成式分詞構句,「已經目睹…」
- adj + enough to V:「夠…而能…」
- all day long:「一整天」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇To prove that classrooms there are big enough to host many families.為了證明那裡的教室大到可以容納很多家庭。
- host:這裡是動詞,「容納」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段This poses a serious problem when it comes to getting enough water to drink.說到要取得足夠的飲用水,這構成了嚴重的問題。
- pose a problem:「造成問題」
- when it comes to…:「說到…」,to 是介系詞,後面接 V-ing 或名詞
- 105 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Many people try to save a lot of money before retirement, since having enough money would give them a sense of security for their future.許多人在退休前努力存很多錢,因為有足夠的錢會給他們對未來的安全感。
- retire:「退休」,retirement 是它的名詞
- a sense of…:「…感」
- security:「安全感」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段One former prime minister considered it important enough to reveal in his official profile that he was a type A, while his opposition rival was type B.一位前首相認為這很重要,甚至在官方簡歷中透露自己是 A 型,而他的反對黨對手是 B 型。
- prime minister:「首相」
- official profile:「官方簡歷」
- important enough to V:「重要到足以…」,enough 放在形容詞後
- opposition rival:「反對黨對手」
- 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 第 4 篇|第 3 段Overall, most people simply aren’t exercising or moving around enough to counteract all the harm that can result from sitting nine hours or more a day.整體來說,大多數人根本沒有足夠的運動或走動,來抵消每天坐九小時以上可能造成的所有傷害。
- overall:「整體來說」
- result from…:「由…造成」
- nine hours or more a day:「每天九小時以上」
- simply:這裡加強否定語氣
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