學測考點
left
「離開」(left for the market)
be left + 補語
被動「被留在…狀態」
- left vacant for years
- been left uncovered on the table
- should be left alone
left
「剩下的」(nothing was left、is left for the trash bin)
left
「左邊」(from left to right)
left + 受詞 + 補語
「使…處於某種狀態」(left him homeless)
學測原句
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 1 段Dad certainly had the list ready when he left for the market, but he would somehow forget it, and then would find it again only after he returned home.爸爸出門去市場時確實準備好了清單,但他不知怎麼就是會忘記帶,直到回家後才又找到。
- certainly:「確實」
- would:表示過去的習慣
- only after…:「直到…之後才」
- find it again:「又找到它」
- 105 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The farmhouse and fruit trees were all gone and nothing was left.農舍和果樹全都沒了,什麼也沒留下。
- be gone:「消失」
- nothing was left:「什麼都沒剩」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 3 篇Here is a sentence: “Almost nothing of a fish is left for the trash bin.”這裡有一句話:「一條魚幾乎沒有剩下任何東西要丟進垃圾桶。」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇It swings from left to right to be attached to the cabinet door.它由左向右擺動,連接到櫃門上。
- swing from left to right:「由左向右擺動」
- be attached to…:「連接到…」
- 111 學測|混合題|第 5 段When he was nine, the country’s civil war claimed the life of his mother and left him homeless.他九歲時,國內的內戰奪走了母親的性命,也讓他無家可歸。
- claim the life of…:「奪走…的性命」,claim 本義是「主張擁有」,災難把生命「拿走」
- leave him homeless:「使他無家可歸」
- 114 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Left vacant for years, the deserted house was filled with a thick coating of dust and a smell of old damp wood.這棟荒廢的房子空了好幾年,裡面積了厚厚一層灰塵,還瀰漫著一股陳年潮濕木頭的味道。
- left vacant for years:分詞構句,「空了好幾年」
- deserted:「荒廢無人的」,desert 當動詞是「拋棄」,被拋棄的房子就是沒人住
- a thick coating of dust:「厚厚一層灰塵」,coat 是「外套」,coating 就是像外套一樣罩在表面的一層
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段The study warned that Papua's glaciers are only the "first to go" if greenhouse gases are left unchecked and temperatures continue rising.這項研究警告,若放任溫室氣體不管、氣溫持續上升,Papua 的冰河只是「最先消失」的。
- warn:「警告」
- greenhouse gases:「溫室氣體」
- be left unchecked:「不受控制」,check 這裡是「抑制」
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The potato chips have been left uncovered on the table for such a long time that they no longer taste fresh and crispy.洋芋片沒蓋起來放在桌上太久,已經不再新鮮酥脆了。
- potato chips:「洋芋片」
- leave A uncovered:「讓 A 沒蓋著」
- such…that…:「如此…以致於…」
- no longer:「不再」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Also, there is the problem of what to do with the separated salt, which is left over as a very concentrated brine.此外,還有分離出來的鹽該如何處理的問題,這些鹽會留下來成為高濃度的鹽水。
- what to do with…:「該如何處理…」
- separated:「被分離的」
- left over:「剩下」
- 106 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›After spending most of her salary on rent and food, Amelia barely had any money left for entertainment and other expenses.把大部分薪水花在房租和食物後,Amelia 幾乎沒有剩下什麼錢可用於娛樂和其他開銷。
- after spending…on…:「花…在…上」
- left:「剩下的」
- expense:「開銷」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Sometimes a test leads you down a path to more and more testing, some of which may be invasive, or to treatment for things that should be left alone.有時,一項檢查會引出越來越多檢查(其中有些可能具侵入性),或導向對本來無須處理的問題進行治療。
- lead someone down a path:「把某人帶上一條路」
- invasive:「侵入性的」
- leave alone:「不去管」
- some of which may be invasive:which 指 testing
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 3 篇Here is a sentence: “Almost nothing of a fish is left for the trash bin.” Which paragraph is most suitable to have it as the final sentence?這裡有一句話:「魚幾乎沒有任何部分會被丟進垃圾桶。」哪一段最適合以這句話作為最後一句?
- 這題要把一句話放回文章,找出它最適合接在哪一段後面
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