學測考點
paperclip
「迴紋針」,paper + clip(paperclip designs)
學測原句
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In the years just prior to 1900, quite a few paperclip designs emerged.就在 1900 年之前的幾年間,出現了相當多種迴紋針設計。
- prior to…:「在…之前」
- quite a few:「相當多」
- emerge:「出現」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Thus, in protest, they started wearing paperclips to show their solidarity.因此,為了抗議,他們開始戴迴紋針來表示團結。
- in protest:「作為抗議」
- solidarity:「團結一致」
- show:「表示」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段However, Vaaler's clips were not the same as the paperclips currently in use.然而,Vaaler 的夾子與現在使用的迴紋針並不相同。
- be not the same as…:「與…不同」
- currently in use:「目前使用中」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Because of Vaaler, the paperclip played an important historical role in Norway.因為 Vaaler,迴紋針在挪威扮演了重要的歷史角色。
- because of…:「因為…」,後面接名詞
- play a role:「扮演角色」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 2 段The name most frequently associated with the paperclip invention is Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor.最常和迴紋針發明一起被提到的名字,是挪威發明家 Johan Vaaler。
- be associated with…:「與…有關聯」,這裡是「和…一起被提到」
- Norwegian:「挪威的」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 1 段A paperclip, made of steel wire bent into a hooped shape, is an instrument used to hold sheets of paper together.迴紋針是用鋼絲彎成環狀製成,是用來把幾張紙夾在一起的工具。
- steel wire:「鋼絲」
- bent:bend 的過去分詞
- hooped:「環狀的」
- hold…together:「把…固定在一起」
- sheet:「一張(紙)」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段The reason for doing this was simple: Paperclips were a Norwegian invention whose original function was to bind together.這麼做的原因很簡單:迴紋針是挪威人的發明,其原始功能是把東西綁在一起。
- whose original function was to bind together:whose 指 invention
- bind:「綁、結合」
- 冒號後面解釋原因
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段After the war, a giant paperclip statue was erected in Oslo to honor Vaaler—even though his design was never actually manufactured.戰後,奧斯陸豎立了一座巨大的迴紋針雕像來紀念 Vaaler,雖然他的設計從未真正被製造。
- statue:「雕像」,tue 讀 chu
- erect:「豎立」
- honor:「紀念、向…致敬」
- even though:「雖然」
- manufacture:「製造」
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