學測考點
prevent A from doing something
「阻止 A 做…」(prevent water from accumulating)
學測原句
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Much of the forest land where tea is grown in Assam is flat and thus farmers must dig drainage trenches to prevent water from accumulating and hurting the shrubs.Assam 種茶的林地多半是平地,所以農民必須挖排水溝,避免積水傷害茶樹。
- flat:「平坦的」
- drainage trench:「排水溝」,drain 是「排水」
- accumulate:「累積」
- shrub:「灌木」,茶樹就是灌木
- prevent A from V-ing:「避免 A 做…」
- 115 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Deadly shootings on US campuses have raised grave concerns about how to prevent such tragic incidents from happening again.美國校園的致命槍擊案引發嚴重關切:該如何防止這類悲劇再度發生。
- shooting:「槍擊事件」
- prevent A from V-ing:「防止 A 做…」,這裡 A 是事件,所以是「防止事件發生」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 5 段Government policies were made and public organizations established to prevent the spread of alcoholism in the country.政府制定政策、成立公共組織,防止酗酒問題在國內蔓延。
- policies were made and public organizations (were) established:省略第二個 were
- to prevent…:表目的
- alcoholism:「酒癮 / 酗酒」
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段In order to protect their branches from breakage, trees maintain "shyness gaps"—spaces large enough to prevent them from touching their neighbors.為了保護樹枝不折斷,樹木會維持「羞避縫隙」,也就是大到足以避免碰到鄰樹的空間。
- in order to V:「為了…」
- breakage:「折斷」,break + age
- "shyness gaps" 後面的破折號是同位語,解釋前面的詞
- prevent A from V-ing:「避免 A 做…」,A 指 them
- 109 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The claim that eating chocolate can prevent heart disease is disputable because there is not enough scientific evidence to support it.吃巧克力可以預防心臟病的說法有爭議,因為沒有足夠的科學證據支持。
- the claim that…:「…的說法」,that 子句說明 claim 的內容
- heart disease:「心臟病」
- scientific evidence:「科學證據」
- 104 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›To prevent the spread of the Ebola virus from West Africa to the rest of the world, many airports have begun Ebola screenings for passengers from the infected areas.為了防止伊波拉病毒從西非擴散到世界其他地方,許多機場已開始對來自疫區的旅客進行伊波拉篩檢。
- prevent the spread of…:「防止…擴散」
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段Researchers in Japan have installed on a train a speaker that barks like a dog and snorts like a deer in order to prevent collisions with animals on the tracks.日本研究人員在火車上裝了一個會像狗一樣吠叫、像鹿一樣噴鼻息的喇叭,以防止火車與軌道上的動物相撞。
- install on…:「裝在…上」
- in order to V:「為了…」
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