學測考點
be trapped in / by…
「被困在…」(trapped in pack ice、trapped by the sharp branches)
學測原句
- 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段Two days after leaving South Georgia in December, the Endurance encountered floating ice, and was soon completely trapped in pack ice.12 月離開 South Georgia 島兩天後,堅忍號遇上浮冰,很快就完全被浮冰群困住。
- encounter:「遇到」,比 meet 正式
- floating ice:「浮冰」
- be trapped in…:「被困在…」
- pack ice:「擠在一起的浮冰」,pack 是「擠成一團」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 2 篇They are trapped by the sharp branches of the tea trees.牠們被茶樹尖銳的樹枝困住。
- be trapped by…:「被…困住」
- sharp:「尖銳的」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段When mothers try to dig their babies out, both may be trapped and smothered by thick mud.母象想把小象挖出來時,兩隻可能都被困住,被厚厚的泥悶住而窒息。
- dig someone out:「把…挖出來」
- trap:「困住」
- smother:「悶住、使窒息」
- thick mud:「厚厚的泥」
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 2 段Furthermore, elephants are known to resist leaving their sick or dying behind, and a herd may linger at a trench with a trapped baby for hours, reluctant to move on until all hope is lost.此外,大象向來不願丟下生病或垂死的同伴,象群可能在溝邊守著被困的小象好幾個小時,不願離開,直到完全絕望。
- be known to V:「向來會…」
- resist V-ing:這裡是「抗拒、不願意」
- leave someone behind:「把某人丟下」
- the sick or dying:the + 形容詞,指「生病的和垂死的(那些)」
- herd:「象群」
- reluctant to V:「不情願…」
- move on:「繼續前進」
- all hope is lost:「希望全失」
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