學測考點
square + 單位
「平方…」(each square inch of material、20 square kilometers)
學測原句
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段By 1955, he had completed an improved version of the product, with each square inch of material containing 300 hooks, which made it stay fastened and yet easy enough to pull apart when needed.到 1955 年,他完成了這項產品的改良版,每平方英寸的材料含有 300 個鉤子,既能維持扣緊,需要時又很容易拉開。
- by 1955, he had completed…:過去完成式,「到 1955 年時已經完成」
- with each square inch of material containing 300 hooks:with + 受詞 + V-ing,「每平方英寸…含有…」
- which:指前面整件事
- stay fastened:「維持扣緊」
- and yet:「卻又」,強調對比
- pull apart:「拉開」
- when needed:省略 it is
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段The ice sheets, which once spanned 20 square kilometers, are thinning over five times as quickly compared to a few years ago.這些冰原曾經廣達 20 平方公里,如今變薄的速度是幾年前的五倍多。
- once spanned:「曾經涵蓋」
- square kilometers:「平方公里」
- thin:這裡是動詞,「變薄」
- five times as quickly as…:「速度是…的五倍」
- compared to a few years ago:「和幾年前相比」
- 111 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Square windows.方形窗戶。
- square windows:回答上一句的問題,完整意思是 square windows were the cause
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇The White House is located in a district not larger than ten miles square.白宮位在一個邊長不超過十英里的正方形特區裡。
- ten miles square:「邊長十英里的正方形」,不是「十平方英里」
- district:「特區」
- 111 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段In the early days of aviation, plane windows used to be square in shape.在航空業早期,飛機窗戶過去是方形的。
- used to V:「過去曾經…」
- square in shape:「形狀是方形」
- 111 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段When subjected to repeated pressurization high in the sky, the four corners on a square window may spell disaster.在高空反覆加壓時,方形窗的四個角可能釀成災難。
- when subjected to…:省略 the four corners are
- be subjected to…:「遭受…」
- repeated:「反覆的」
- spell disaster:「預示災難」,spell 這裡是「意味著」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段Having already shrunk by 85% to a mere 0.5 square kilometers, Papua's glaciers will completely disappear within a decade, researchers have predicted.研究人員預測,Papua 的冰河已經縮小了 85%,只剩 0.5 平方公里,十年內將完全消失。
- having already shrunk…:完成式分詞構句,「已經縮小」
- shrink:「縮小」
- a mere:「僅僅」
- within a decade:「十年內」
- predict:「預測」
- 110 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段In fact, a visit to a major European city just would not be the same without encountering them: bathing in fountains, perching on historic buildings, and flocking in public squares.事實上,到歐洲大城市旅遊,少了與牠們的相遇就不算完整:牠們在噴泉裡洗澡、停在歷史建築上、成群聚在公共廣場。
- would not be the same without…:「少了…就不一樣」
- encounter:「遇見」
- bathe:「洗澡」
- perch:「棲息、停在」
- flock:這裡是動詞,「成群聚集」,名詞是「鳥群」
- public square:「公共廣場」
- 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段In 1790, President George Washington declared that the federal government would reside in a district “not exceeding ten miles square … on the river Potomac.”1790 年,華盛頓總統宣布,聯邦政府將設在「波多馬克河沿岸、邊長不超過十英里的正方形」地區。
- declare that…:「宣布…」
- reside in…:「設在…、居住於…」,比 live in 正式
- not exceeding ten miles square:「邊長不超過十英里的正方形」,exceed 是「超過」
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