學測考點
far + 比較級
加強比較「…得多」
- far more profit
- far more benefits to horror movies
- a far less lucky
- far too large
far from…
「遠非…、離…很遠」(far from comforting、far from land)
far beyond…
「遠遠超過…」(far beyond the permissible level)
學測原句
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段It may have got the baby to sleep, but its message is far from comforting: If he/she does not stop crying, the demon will eat him/her.它也許讓寶寶睡著了,但傳達的訊息一點也不令人安心:如果他或她不停止哭泣,惡魔就會把他或她吃掉。
- may have got:「也許已經…」,表示對過去的推測
- far from…:「一點也不…、遠非…」
- comforting:「令人安心的」
- the demon:「惡魔」
- him/her:不分性別的寫法
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Because yellow-bellied sea snakes usually spend all of their time far from land, rain is the animals’ only source of fresh water.因為黃腹海蛇通常一直待在遠離陸地的地方,雨水是牠們唯一的淡水來源。
- spend all of their time far from land:「一直待在遠離陸地的地方」
- fresh water:「淡水」
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The candy can no longer be sold because it was found to contain artificial ingredients far beyond the permissible level.這種糖果不能再販售,因為被發現含有遠超出容許標準的人工成分。
- artificial ingredients:「人工成分」
- contain:「含有」
- far beyond…:「遠遠超過…」
- 115 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Designed by a young engineer, the new product has created far more profit than initially expected.這項由年輕工程師設計的新產品,創造的利潤遠超過當初的預期。
- designed by…:過去分詞片語,修飾 the new product,意思是「由…設計的」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇There are far more benefits to horror movies than disadvantages.恐怖片的好處遠比壞處多。
- far more…than…:「遠多於…」,far 加強比較
- disadvantage:「缺點」,dis- 表示相反
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段At the close of the 15th century, Europeans’ craze for spices gave rise to the Spice Route, a network of sea lanes joining Europe with the Far East, where most spices came from.15 世紀末,歐洲人對香料的狂熱催生了「香料之路」,那是連結歐洲與遠東的海上航道網絡,大部分香料都來自遠東。
- at the close of…:「在…的末期」
- craze for…:「對…的狂熱」
- give rise to…:「引起、催生」
- sea lane:「海上航道」
- join A with B:「連結 A 與 B」
- the Far East:「遠東」;where 引導的子句說明 Far East
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段A far less lucky 1 in 150 experiences high fever, tremors, paralysis, and coma.不幸得多的是,每一百五十人有一人會出現高燒、顫抖、麻痺和昏迷。
- far less lucky:「不幸得多」,far 加強比較
- 115 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段As many psychologists now point out, this simple gesture is in fact far more complicated than it may appear.正如許多心理學家現在所指出的,這個簡單的動作其實比表面上看起來複雜得多。
- point out:「指出」
- far more… than…:far 用來加強比較
- appear:「看起來」,這裡不是「出現」
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In fact, there is documented reference to the ringing of bells even before the cathedral's construction was completed, dating as far back as the 12th century.事實上,早在大教堂完工之前,就有關於鐘聲的文獻紀錄,最早可追溯到 12 世紀。
- documented:「有文件記載的」,document 當名詞是「文件」,當動詞是「記錄」
- reference to…:「提及…」
- construction:「建造」
- date back to…:「追溯到…」,dating as far back as the 12th century 是分詞構句,補充說明
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段The unique cultural intersections, scented with the aroma of cloves, vanilla, and cinnamon floating in the air, give these jewels on the Indian Ocean an amazing charm that goes far beyond tropical beach fun.獨特的文化交會,加上空氣中飄著丁香、香草與肉桂的香氣,讓印度洋上的這些珠寶般的島嶼,擁有遠遠超出熱帶海灘歡樂的驚人魅力。
- intersection:「交叉點、交會」
- scented with…:「帶著…的香氣」,scent 是「香味」
- jewel:「珠寶」,這裡比喻美麗的島
- go far beyond…:「遠遠超過…」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段Abraham Lincoln did the same, but then the inaugural crowds became far too large for the White House to accommodate comfortably, and this also created a security issue.林肯也這樣做,但後來就職日的人潮變得太大,白宮無法舒適容納,這也造成了安全問題。
- did the same:「做了同樣的事」,did 代替前面的 welcomed visitors
- far too large:「遠遠太大」,far 加強 too
- create a security issue:「造成安全問題」
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