學測考點
named + 名字
「名叫…」(named Itaru Sasaki、Named Velcro)
named for…
「以…命名」(named for their characteristic stripes)
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|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Named “Velcro,” from the French words velours (velvet) and crochet (hook), the new product received a patent from the Swiss government in 1955.這項新產品取名為「Velcro」,源自法文的 velours(天鵝絨)與 crochet(鉤子),並於 1955 年獲得瑞士政府頒發的專利。
- named “Velcro”:分詞構句,「被命名為…」
- from the French words…:「源自法文字…」
- receive a patent:「取得專利」
- 背景:Velcro 就是台灣常說的魔鬼氈,一面是鉤、一面是環,按在一起就扣住。
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段Zebrafish, named for their characteristic stripes, have been a popular test subject for researchers.斑馬魚因其特有的條紋而得名,一直是受歡迎的研究實驗對象。
- named for…:「以…命名」
- test subject:「實驗對象」,subject 這裡是「受試對象」
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The largest one, named "Emmanuel," weighs over 13 tons.最大的那口鐘名叫「Emmanuel」,重達 13 噸以上。
- named "Emmanuel":過去分詞,「名叫…」
- weigh:「重達」,不及物動詞,表示「有多重」
- ton:「噸」
- 104 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段All the time that we spend rooted in the chair is linked to increased risks of so many deadly diseases that experts have named this modern-day health epidemic the “sitting disease.”我們像生了根一樣坐在椅子上的所有時間,都與許多致命疾病的風險增加有關,以至於專家把這種現代的健康流行病稱為「久坐病」。
- rooted in the chair:「像生了根一樣坐在椅子上」,比喻一直坐著不動
- be linked to…:「與…有關」
- so…that…:「如此…以至於…」
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