學測考點
grieving over…
「為…悲痛」,grief 是「悲傷」(was grieving over the)
grieving
「哀悼、悲痛」:grieving 當名詞,指悲痛的過程(grieving is a natural mechanism)
學測原句
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The idea for the wind phone was first brought forth by a Japanese garden designer named Itaru Sasaki, who was grieving over the death of his cousin in 2010, before the tsunami.風之電話的點子,最早是由名叫 Itaru Sasaki 的日本庭園設計師提出的,他當時正為 2010 年(海嘯發生前)過世的堂表親悲痛。
- bring forth:「提出」,把想法拿到前面來
- named…:「名叫…」
- grieve over…:「為…悲痛」,grief 是「悲傷」
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Grieving is a natural mechanism for coping with loss of a loved one, and people grieve in various ways.哀悼是面對摯愛離世時的一種自然機制,而每個人哀悼的方式各不相同。
- cope with…:「應對 / 處理…」
- loss of…:「失去…」
- various:「各式各樣的」
- 113 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Hence, the wind phone allows Sasaki to create a one-way conversation with deep, soulful personal meaning, and renders the grieving process more manageable for him.因此,風之電話讓 Sasaki 能創造一場單向的對話,帶有深刻、發自內心的個人意義,也讓他的哀悼過程更容易承受。
- hence:「因此」,書面用字,一般說 so
- allow someone to V:「讓某人能…」
- soulful:「發自內心深處的」,soul + ful
- render:這裡是「使…變得」,render + 受詞 + 形容詞,等於 make
- manageable:「可應付的」,manage + able
想把學測單字一次整理好、邊背邊做筆記?
