學測考點
started to do something / doing something
「開始…」
- started to untangle
- started to suffer from memory loss
- started painting its landscapes
- started growing
- started wearing paperclips
started as…
「一開始是…」(started as an amateur art designer)
started
不及物「開始」
- started pouring
- started in the 19th century
- started in the 15th century
學測原句
- 115 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›Jane started as an amateur art designer, but now she has a professional studio of her own.Jane 一開始只是業餘的美術設計師,但現在已經擁有自己的專業工作室。
- start as…:「一開始是…」
- of her own:「她自己的」
- 114 學測|綜合測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段Unfortunately, it started pouring.不幸的是,天空下起了傾盆大雨。
- pour:「倒」,倒水是 pour water,雨像被倒下來,就是「下傾盆大雨」
- unfortunately:「不幸地」,fortunate 是「幸運的」,前面加 un-(不)
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Why Moran started painting Yellowstone.為什麼 Moran 開始畫黃石公園。
- 109 學測|綜合測驗 第 3 篇|第 1 段A group in the UK even started a website devoted to "beating Blue Monday."英國甚至有團體成立網站,專門「擊敗憂鬱星期一」。
- a website devoted to…:「致力於…的網站」
- beat:「擊敗」
- 108 學測|文意選填|第 1 段My father started to suffer from memory loss right after his marriage.我父親在結婚後就開始記憶衰退。
- suffer from…:「受…所苦」
- memory loss:「記憶衰退」
- right after…:「就在…之後」
- 106 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇The Earl of Sandwich started the afternoon tea ceremony.三明治伯爵開創了下午茶的儀式。
- start:這裡是「開創」
- the Earl of Sandwich:「三明治伯爵」,三明治的名稱由來
- 105 學測|文意選填|第 2 段However, in the third year, several young trees started growing.然而,到了第三年,有幾棵小樹開始生長。
- young trees:「小樹」
- 104 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Thus, in protest, they started wearing paperclips to show their solidarity.因此,為了抗議,他們開始戴迴紋針來表示團結。
- in protest:「作為抗議」
- solidarity:「團結一致」
- show:「表示」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 3 篇Vodka production in Russia started in the 15th century.俄羅斯的伏特加生產始於十五世紀。
- production:「生產」,produce 的名詞
- the 15th century:「十五世紀」,世紀用 the
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 5 段Meanwhile, a powerful anti-alcohol movement started in the 19th century.同時,一場強大的反酒運動在 19 世紀展開。
- anti-:「反對…的」
- 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 1 段Given the variations in preferences, new studies have started to untangle the benefits and risks of horror movies.鑑於每個人的偏好各有不同,新的研究已開始釐清恐怖片的好處與風險。
- given…:「考慮到…」,這裡 given 當介系詞
- variation:「差異」,vary 是「不同」
- preference:「偏好」,prefer 的名詞
- untangle:「理清」,tangle 是「纏結」,un-(解開),把纏在一起的線解開
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇The government project was started due to its rich natural resources.這項政府計畫是因為它豐富的天然資源而開始的。
- due to…:「由於…」
- natural resources:「天然資源」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Color photos were not common when Moran started painting Yellowstone.Moran 開始畫黃石時,彩色照片並不普遍。
- common:「普遍的」
- color photos:「彩色照片」
- were not common when…:「…的時候還不普遍」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇Moran had visited Yellowstone before he started painting its landscapes.Moran 在開始畫黃石的風景畫之前,就去過黃石。
- had visited:過去完成式,比 started 更早
- painting its landscapes:畫它的風景
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