學測考點
origin
名詞「起源」(an unclear origin、the origin of the fortune cookie)
學測原句
- 108 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段April Fools' Day, one of the most light-hearted days of the year, has an unclear origin.愚人節是一年中最輕鬆的日子之一,起源並不明確。
- unclear:「不明確的」
- one of the most…days:「最…的日子之一」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 1 段There are several competing stories about the origin of the fortune cookie.關於幸運籤餅的起源,有好幾種互相競爭的說法。
- competing:「互相競爭的」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 2 段One of these stories traces the cookie's origin back to 13th- and 14th-century China, which was then occupied by the Mongols.其中一個說法把餅乾的起源追溯到十三、十四世紀被蒙古人占領的中國。
- trace A back to B:「把 A 追溯到 B」
- occupy:「占領」,這裡用被動,China 被蒙古人占領
- which was then occupied:then 是「當時」
- 13th- and 14th-century:13th- 後面省略了 century,完整是 13th-century and 14th-century,兩個合在一起修飾 China,century 不加 s
近義字
補充說明: original / aboriginal
original 與 aboriginal 字形相近,意思不同。original 指「最初的、原本的」,the original plan 為「原本的計畫」,也可指「原創的、非模仿的」,an original idea 為「獨創的想法」。aboriginal 當名詞指「某地原有的居民」,當形容詞則指「某地原有居民及其文化的」,也可形容某地原生的動植物,但沒有 original 那種一般「原本的」意思。判斷方式為:講「本來的」用 original,講「最早的居民或民族」用 aboriginal。
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