學測考點
credited with having invented
「被認為發明了…」:be credited with 後面接 doing something;having invented 表示發明在更早之前(credited with having invented the first true passport)
invented
「發明」:做出前所未有的東西;也指「開創、建立」(this new device has been invented by a team)
學測原句
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段King Henry V of England is credited with having invented the first true passport, as a way of helping his subjects prove who they were in foreign lands.英格蘭國王亨利五世被認為發明了第一本真正的護照,作為幫助子民在外國證明身分的方法。
- be credited with…:「被認為有…的功勞」
- prove who they were:「證明自己是誰」
- 背景:亨利五世(Henry V)是 15 世紀初的英格蘭國王。
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 4 段This new device has been invented by a team at the country’s Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI).這項新裝置由該國鐵道技術研究所(RTRI)的團隊發明。
- invent:「發明」
- Railway Technical Research Institute:「鐵道技術研究所」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段A major breakthrough was the yellow light invented by a Detroit police officer William Potts.一項重大突破,是底特律警察 William Potts 發明的黃燈。
- breakthrough:「突破」,break + through,衝破障礙
- invented by…:過去分詞,修飾 the yellow light
- Detroit police officer William Potts:Detroit 當形容詞,「底特律的」
- 背景:底特律(Detroit)是美國密西根州的汽車工業大城。
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段They could have used alarm clocks because adjustable alarms had been invented by the mid-19th century.他們本來可以使用鬧鐘,因為可調整時間的鬧鐘在 19 世紀中葉前就已經發明了。
- could have + 過去分詞:「本來可以…(但沒有)」
- adjustable:「可調整的」,adjust + able
- had been invented:過去完成式,「在那之前就已經發明」
- by the mid-19th century:「到 19 世紀中葉為止」
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段The hard hat was invented in 1919 by Edward W. Bullard, who had just returned from World War I.安全帽由 Edward W. Bullard 於 1919 年發明,他剛從第一次世界大戰返國。
- invented in 1919 by…:「由…於 1919 年發明」
- who had just returned:過去完成式,「剛剛回來」
- World War I:「第一次世界大戰」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段He invented an instrument for which both Mozart and Beethoven composed music—the glass armonica.他發明了一種樂器,莫札特和貝多芬都曾為它作曲,那就是玻璃琴。
- an instrument for which…:介系詞 + which,等於 Mozart and Beethoven composed music for the instrument
- compose:「作曲」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The familiar looped design was invented by Gem Manufacturing Ltd. in England.我們熟悉的環形設計,是英國 Gem Manufacturing Ltd. 發明的。
- looped design:「環形設計」
- invent:「發明」
- Ltd.:Limited 的縮寫,「有限公司」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段While waiting to cross the street at busy intersections, have you ever wondered who invented the traffic light?在繁忙的路口等著過馬路時,你是否曾好奇過紅綠燈是誰發明的?
- while waiting…:while + V-ing,「在…的時候」
- intersection:「十字路口」,intersect 是「交叉」,道路交叉的地方
- wonder who…:「好奇是誰…」,wonder 後面接疑問詞子句
- invent:「發明」
- traffic light:「紅綠燈」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段The concept of a travel document, which shows a person is under a ruler’s protection while in a foreign land, has probably existed since rulers and states were first invented.旅行文件的概念,是用來證明一個人身在外國時受統治者保護,這個概念可能從統治者和國家出現之初就存在了。
- travel document:「旅行文件」
- foreign land:「外國土地」
- has probably existed since…:現在完成式 + since
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