學測考點
nearly
副詞「幾乎、將近」
- nearly impossible
- nearly 40 million
- nearly perfect score
- nearly completed
學測原句
- 114 學測|混合題|第 9 段In fact, it is nearly impossible to release captive-bred animals.事實上,要野放圈養繁殖的動物幾乎不可能。
- captive-bred:「圈養繁殖的」,captive 是「被圈養的」,bred 是 breed 的過去分詞
- nearly impossible:「幾乎不可能」
- 112 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Upon the super typhoon warning, Nancy rushed to the supermarket—only to find the shelves almost bare and the stock nearly gone.一聽到超級颱風警報,Nancy 就衝去超市,結果發現貨架幾乎空了,存貨也快沒了。
- upon + 名詞:「一…就…」,upon the warning 是「一聽到警報」
- rush to…:「衝去…」
- only to V:「結果卻…」
- stock:這裡是「存貨」
- 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 5 段If the research proves successful in humans, some of the nearly 40 million blind people worldwide may one day have a tiny, striped fish to thank.如果這項研究在人類身上證明成功,全球近 4,000 萬名盲人中,有些人有一天可能要感謝一條有條紋的小魚。
- prove successful:「證明成功」
- nearly 40 million:「將近 4,000 萬」
- worldwide:「全球」
- have…to thank:「有…可以感謝」,a tiny, striped fish 是感謝的對象
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Jane amazed her teacher by passing the exam with a nearly perfect score; she almost failed the course last semester.Jane 以接近滿分的成績通過考試,讓老師大吃一驚;她上學期差點被當掉。
- by V-ing:「藉由…」
- nearly perfect score:「接近滿分」
- fail the course:「被當掉」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife Abigail, moved in.直到 1800 年白宮幾近完工時,第一批住戶,約翰·亞當斯總統和他的妻子 Abigail,才搬進去。
- it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
- nearly completed:「幾近完工」
- move in:「搬進去」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Capoeira was created nearly 500 years ago in Brazil by African slaves.Capoeira 是近五百年前,由非洲奴隸在巴西創造的。
- nearly:「將近」
- slave:「奴隸」;create 的被動語態,「被創造」
- 105 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段During the 1990s, international trade grew by nearly 8.6% each year.1990 年代期間,國際貿易每年成長近 8.6%。
- during the 1990s:「1990 年代期間」
- nearly:「將近」
- each year:「每年」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段They found that during the dry season about half of the snakes accepted fresh water offered to them, while nearly none did during the wet season.他們發現,在乾季,約有一半的蛇接受提供給牠們的淡水,而在雨季幾乎沒有蛇接受。
- accept:「接受」
- offered to them:過去分詞,修飾 fresh water
- while:這裡是「而」,表示對比
- nearly none:「幾乎沒有」
- wet season:「雨季」
詞彙題
選一個答案,會告訴你對不對、為什麼。
The moment the students felt the earthquake, they ran ______ out of the classroom to an open area outside.The moment the students felt the earthquake, they ran swiftly out of the classroom to an open area outside.
104 學測|詞彙題 第 6 題
近義字
補充說明: near / nearly
near 與 nearly 拼法相近,意思不同。near 指「距離或時間上靠近」,作介系詞時 near the station 為「車站附近」,作形容詞時 in the near future 為「不久的將來」。nearly 指「數量或程度上差一點」,nearly 100 customers 為「將近一百位顧客」,nearly finished 為「快要完成」。判斷方式為:談「距離或時間上的靠近」用 near,談「差一點達到的數量或程度」用 nearly。
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