學測考點
practice
名詞「做法、習俗」
- the common practice
- the practice spread throughout Europe
- the popular practice of
practice
動詞「練習、實行」(practice Tai Chi mainly for its health benefits)
學測原句
- 104 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段People practice Tai Chi mainly for its health benefits.人們練習太極主要是為了它對健康的好處。
- practice:這裡是動詞,「練習」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 6 段So, perhaps the north-on-top practice is less a rule and more a blip.所以,「北方在上」或許不算規則,只是歷史上的一段小插曲。
- less A and more B:「與其說是 A,不如說是 B」
- blip:「短暫的小變動」
- 113 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段This seems to run counter to the common practice.這似乎和一般常見的做法背道而馳。
- run counter to…:「與…背道而馳」,counter 是「相反」,往相反方向跑
- common practice:「常規做法」
- 108 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe and the rest of the world.最後,這種習俗傳遍歐洲和世界其他地方。
- practice:這裡是名詞,「習俗」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 1 篇What does “this practice” refer to in the second paragraph?第二段的 “this practice” 指的是什麼?
- 試題固定問法:問代名詞或片語指的是什麼;refer to「指的是」
- practice:這裡是「做法」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Around 1800, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, Anne Maria, began the popular practice of “afternoon tea,” a ceremony taking place at about four o’clock.1800 年前後,第七代 Bedford 公爵夫人 Anne Maria 開始了「下午茶」這個流行的習慣,這是一個大約在四點舉行的儀式。
- Duchess:「公爵夫人」
- practice:這裡是名詞,「習慣、做法」
- taking place:「舉行」,take place 是「發生、舉行」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段The expansion of European imperialism in the following centuries further established the “north up” practice as the standard.接下來幾個世紀歐洲帝國主義的擴張,更進一步把「北方在上」確立為標準。
- expansion:「擴張」,expand 的名詞
- establish A as B:「把 A 確立為 B」
- 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段While the practice continued in some parts of the country until the 1970s, it declined as alarm clocks became more widespread and affordable.雖然這種做法在國內某些地方一直延續到 1970 年代,但隨著鬧鐘越來越普及、越來越買得起,它就逐漸衰退了。
- while:這裡表讓步,「雖然」
- practice:這裡是「做法 / 習慣」
- decline:「衰退」
- widespread:「普及的」,wide + spread
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段It was not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency that some effective crowd control measures were implemented to address the problem caused by this practice.直到 Grover Cleveland 第一次擔任總統時,才實施了一些有效的人潮管制措施,來處理這個做法造成的問題。
- it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
- crowd control:「人潮管制」
- implement:「實施」
- address the problem:「處理問題」,address 在這裡是動詞
- practice:這裡是「做法」
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