學測考點
quite a few
「相當多」,不是「很少」(quite a few paperclip designs)
quite the opposite
「恰恰相反」(quite the opposite is true)
quite as much as…
「和…一樣多」(quite as much as the ancient Egyptians)
not quite
「還差那麼一點」:語氣比 not 緩和(almost, but not quite, touches the neighboring tree)
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」
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段Actually, quite the opposite is true.事實上,情況恰恰相反。
- quite the opposite is true:「恰恰相反才是真的」
- 106 學測|文意選填|第 1 段Nonetheless, no culture admired onions quite as much as the ancient Egyptians.然而,沒有任何文化像古埃及人那樣如此推崇洋蔥。
- admire:「欣賞、推崇」
- quite as much as…:「和…一樣多」
- no culture…:用否定主詞,表示古埃及人最推崇
- 112 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段It looks like a precisely engineered jigsaw puzzle, each branch growing just perfectly so it almost, but not quite, touches the neighboring tree.看起來像一幅精密設計的拼圖,每根樹枝都長得剛剛好,幾乎碰到鄰近的樹,卻又沒有碰到。
- precisely engineered:「精密設計的」,engineer 當動詞是「設計 / 製造」
- jigsaw puzzle:「拼圖」
- each branch growing…:獨立分詞構句,「每根樹枝都…」
- almost, but not quite, touches:「幾乎碰到,但沒有碰到」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段To begin with, these staircases were quite narrow, so attackers would have to ascend one at a time, making it impossible to launch a mass attack.首先,這些樓梯相當窄,攻擊者只能一次一個往上爬,不可能發動大規模攻擊。
- ascend:「往上爬」,相反是 descend「往下」
- one at a time:「一次一個」
- launch:「發動」,原意是「發射」,launch an attack 就是把攻擊「發射」出去
- 107 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›For example, they have quite different beliefs about what marriage means in their life.例如,他們對婚姻在生活中的意義,信念相當不同。
- quite different:「相當不同」
- for example:「例如」
- 105 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›She herself was quite upset about it.她自己對這件事也相當難過。
- herself:反身代名詞,強調「她自己」
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 2 段They were quite right, for my father cared little about who did what to whom.他們說得沒錯,因為我父親很不在意誰對誰做了什麼。
- quite right:「完全正確」
- care little about…:「很不在意…」
- who did what to whom:「誰對誰做了什麼」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段According to studies, some lullabies provide advice, like the Babylonian lullaby, and quite a few others offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable.研究指出,有些搖籃曲像巴比倫那首一樣提供忠告,也有不少讓人得以唱出平時未唱、說出難以啟齒的心事。
- according to studies:「根據研究」
- quite a few:「相當多」,不是「很少」
- offer the space to sing the unsung, say the unsayable:the unsung=「沒被唱過的」,the unsayable=「說不出口的」,the + 形容詞 代表一類事物
- advice:「建議」,不可數
近義字
completelyentirelyperfectlyaltogetherutterlythoroughlytotallyabsolutelyratherconsiderablyfairly
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