學測考點
situation
「情況」,常前接形容詞
- emergency situations
- win-win situation
- political situation
the situation at hand
「眼前的狀況」(the situation at hand)
學測原句
- 109 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 4 段A marine pilot goes on board at a crucial time and controls the vessel based on his or her knowledge of the port and the situation at hand.引水人在關鍵時刻上船,根據對港口的了解與眼前的狀況來控制船隻。
- go on board:「上船」
- based on…:「根據…」
- the situation at hand:「眼前的狀況」
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Freezing water rushed in and exacerbated the situation.冰冷的海水灌進來,讓情況更加惡化。
- rush in:「衝進來」
- exacerbate:「使惡化」,書面字,一般說 make… worse
- 114 學測|文意選填|第 3 段They have been used to mark the hours of the day, to call the faithful to prayer, and to signal emergency situations such as fires and invasions.它們曾用來報時、召喚信徒祈禱,也用來示警火災與入侵等緊急情況。
- mark the hours:「標示時辰」,就是報時
- the faithful:「信徒」,the + 形容詞表一群人,faith 是「信仰」
- signal:這裡當動詞,「發出信號 / 示警」
- invasion:「入侵」,invade 的名詞
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇To create a win-win situation for elephants and tea farms.為了替大象和茶園創造雙贏的局面。
- 111 學測|混合題|第 2 段Due to the unstable political situation there, Yusra sometimes had to train in pools under roofs that had been blown open by bombings.由於當地政局不穩,Yusra 有時得在屋頂被炸彈炸開的游泳池裡訓練。
- due to…:「由於…」
- political situation:「政治局勢」
- roofs that had been blown open:過去完成式被動,「已被炸開的屋頂」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段The situation was particularly bad in Dallas, Texas, where the West Nile virus killed 10 people and sickened more than 200.德州達拉斯的情況特別糟,West Nile 病毒在那裡造成十人死亡、兩百多人生病。
- kill 10 people:「使十人死亡」
- sicken:「使生病」,sick + en
- where…:非限定用法,補充說明 Dallas
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 1 篇Which of the following idioms is closest in meaning to “exacerbated the situation” in the third paragraph?下列哪個慣用語和第三段的 “exacerbated the situation” 意思最接近?
- 試題固定問法:問字義;closest in meaning to「意思最接近」
- exacerbate:「使惡化」,正式用字,一般說 make worse
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 4 段The situation worsened when the industrial production of vodka began in the country, causing its prices to drop sharply and making it available to even low-income citizens.當國內開始工業化生產伏特加後,情況更加惡化:價格大幅下跌,連低收入的民眾也買得起。
- worsen:「惡化」,worse + en
- industrial production:「工業化生產」
- cause A to V:「使 A…」
- drop sharply:「驟降」
- available to…:「…買得到的」
近義字
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