學測考點
seem to do something
「似乎…」(seems to run counter、seem to shape)
seem + 名詞
「似乎是…」:seem 後面可以直接接名詞,不用加 to be(may seem a natural choice)
make it seem like…
「讓它看起來像…」(makes it seem like there are)
there seems to be…
「似乎有…」(there seems to be no solid evidence)
it seems (that)…
「似乎…」(it seems we've ended up)
學測原句
- 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」
- 112 學測|篇章結構|第 4 段Meanwhile, environmental influences seem to shape a person's synesthesia.同時,環境的影響似乎也會形塑一個人的共感覺。
- seem to V:「似乎…」
- shape:這裡當動詞,「塑造」
- environmental influences:「環境的影響」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段Well, north may seem a natural choice for the top spot today, but that wasn’t always the case.嗯,今天北方在上面看起來理所當然,但以前並不一定是這樣。
- that wasn't always the case:「以前不一定是這樣」,the case 是「實際情況」
- 109 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段According to psychologist Dean Burnett, people feel down in January owing to post-holiday discontent, and the Blue Monday claim makes it seem like there are scientific reasons for this.根據心理學家 Dean Burnett 的說法,人們在一月心情低落,是因為假期後的失落,而憂鬱星期一的說法讓這看起來有科學理由。
- feel down:「心情低落」
- owing to…:「由於…」
- post-holiday:「假期後的」
- discontent:「不滿、失落」
- make it seem like…:「讓它看起來像…」
- 107 學測|文意選填|第 2 段This story may sound highly credible, but there seems to be no solid evidence that it inspired the creation of the treats we know of today as fortune cookies.這個故事聽起來可能很可信,但似乎沒有確切證據顯示,它啟發了我們今天所知的幸運籤餅這種點心的創造。
- credible:「可信的」,cred 是「相信」,和 credit「信用」同源
- solid evidence:「確切的證據」
- there seems to be no…:「似乎沒有…」
- inspire:「啟發」
- treat:這裡是「點心」
- the treats (that) we know of today as…:「我們今天稱為…的點心」,省略關係代名詞 that
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 6 段After centuries of technological advancements, it seems we’ve ended up right where we began in ancient times: with ourselves in the middle, and our destinations at the top.經過幾個世紀的科技進步,我們似乎又回到古代的起點:自己在中間,目的地在上方。
- end up…:「最後變成…」
- right where we began:right 用來加強 where
- with A in the middle:with 帶出狀態
- 108 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段How people cope with their earworms seems to depend on how they feel about them.人們如何應對耳蟲,似乎取決於他們對耳蟲的感受。
- cope with…:「應付…」
- depend on…:「取決於…」
- how they feel about them:「他們對它們的感受」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Thus, it seems the snake is able to endure certain degrees of dehydration in between rains.因此,這種蛇似乎能在兩次下雨之間,忍受一定程度的脫水。
- it seems (that)…:「似乎…」
- certain degrees of…:「一定程度的…」
- in between rains:「兩次雨之間」
- 108 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›The snow-capped mountain is described so vividly in the book that the scene seems to come alive in front of the reader's eyes.書中把那座覆雪的山描寫得非常生動,讓景象彷彿在讀者眼前活了起來。
- snow-capped:「山頂覆雪的」
- so…that…:「如此…以致於…」
- come alive:「活過來」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 4 段In fact, this seems so common that the Japanese now have a term for it: bura-hara, meaning blood-type harassment.事實上,這似乎很常見,日本人現在甚至有個詞:bura-hara,意思是血型騷擾。
- in fact:「事實上」
- so common that…:「常見到…」
- term:「用語」
- bura-hara:日本人造的詞,不用背
- meaning…:分詞片語,解釋這個詞
近義字
appearapparently
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