學測考點
few
「幾乎沒有」,否定意味(few people will trust you)
one of the few…
「少數…之一」(one of the few tribes)
the few
「少數人」(enjoyed by the few)
quite a few
「相當多」:不是「很少」(quite a few paperclip designs)
學測原句
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Few people will trust you if you continue making hollow promises and never make efforts to keep them.如果你一直做空洞的承諾,又從不努力兌現,很少人會相信你。
- few people will…:few 是「幾乎沒有」,否定意味
- make efforts to V:「努力去做…」
- keep a promise:「遵守承諾」
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段In fact, they are one of the few tribes that have retained most of their traditions.事實上,他們是少數保留了大部分傳統的部落之一。
- in fact:「事實上」
- retain:「保留」
- one of the few tribes that…:「少數…的部落之一」
- 107 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段It has long been assumed that creativity is some unusual trait enjoyed by the few.長久以來,人們一直認為創造力是少數人才有的特殊特質。
- it has long been assumed that…:「長久以來人們一直認為…」,現在完成式被動,從過去到現在
- enjoyed by the few:「少數人擁有」,the few 是「少數人」,enjoy 這裡是「享有、擁有」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In the years just prior to 1900, quite a few paperclip designs emerged.就在 1900 年之前的幾年間,出現了相當多種迴紋針設計。
- prior to…:「在…之前」
- quite a few:「相當多」
- emerge:「出現」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段But few people know that in the past, control of Zanzibar meant access to unimaginable wealth.但很少人知道,過去控制 Zanzibar,就等於能取得難以想像的財富。
- control of…:「對…的控制」
- mean:「意味著」
- access to…:「取得…的管道」
- unimaginable:「無法想像的」,un-(不)+ imagine + able
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段The ice sheets, which once spanned 20 square kilometers, are thinning over five times as quickly compared to a few years ago.這些冰原曾經廣達 20 平方公里,如今變薄的速度是幾年前的五倍多。
- once spanned:「曾經涵蓋」
- square kilometers:「平方公里」
- thin:這裡是動詞,「變薄」
- five times as quickly as…:「速度是…的五倍」
- compared to a few years ago:「和幾年前相比」
- 106 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Most styes heal on their own within a few days.大多數針眼幾天內會自己痊癒。
- heal:「痊癒」
- on one's own:「靠自己」,on their own 指針眼自己好
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段Only a few centimeters in length, the fish breed easily in captivity, grow quickly, and their transparent body makes it easy to study their organs.這種魚只有幾公分長,在人工飼養下容易繁殖、成長快速,透明的身體也讓研究牠們的器官很容易。
- only a few centimeters in length:「長度只有幾公分」
- in captivity:「在圈養狀態下」
- make it easy to V:「讓…很容易」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Within a few years, Chinese restaurant owners in San Francisco had copied the recipe and replaced the thank-you notes with fortune notes.幾年之內,舊金山的中餐館老闆就模仿了這個配方,並把感謝字條換成籤語字條。
- within a few years:「幾年內」
- copy:「模仿」
- replace A with B:「用 B 取代 A」
- had copied and (had) replaced:兩個動作並列,都用過去完成式,表示在過去某個時間點之前已完成
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段According to studies, some lullabies provide advice, like the Babylonian lullaby, and quite a few others offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable.研究指出,有些搖籃曲像巴比倫那首一樣提供忠告,也有不少讓人得以唱出平時未唱、說出難以啟齒的心事。
- according to studies:「根據研究」
- quite a few:「相當多」,不是「很少」
- offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable:the unsung=「沒被唱過的」,the unsayable=「說不出口的」,the + 形容詞 代表一類事物
- advice:「建議」,不可數
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