學測英文-精準背單字

學測考點

not…until…
「直到…才…」
  • did not emerge until the 18th century
  • did not enter the English language until the 1700s
  • cannot wear black until they become warriors
would not…until…
「直到…才…」:until 引導時間子句,主要子句用否定(would not leave people's houses until they were sure)
it was not until…that…
「直到…才…」(it was not until 1800、it was not until Grover Cleveland's first presidency that)
up until recently
「直到最近」(up until recently)

學測原句

  • 113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段
    They usually would not leave people's houses until they were sure their customers were awake.
    他們通常要確定客戶真的醒了,才會離開住戶。
    • would not… until…:「直到…才…」
    • be sure (that)…:「確定…」
  • 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段
    It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife Abigail, moved in.
    直到 1800 年白宮幾近完工時,第一批住戶,約翰·亞當斯總統和他的妻子 Abigail,才搬進去。
    • it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
    • nearly completed:「幾近完工」
    • move in:「搬進去」
  • 107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段
    It was not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency that some effective crowd control measures were implemented to address the problem caused by this practice.
    直到 Grover Cleveland 第一次擔任總統時,才實施了一些有效的人潮管制措施,來處理這個做法造成的問題。
    • it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
    • crowd control:「人潮管制」
    • implement:「實施」
    • address the problem:「處理問題」,address 在這裡是動詞
    • practice:這裡是「做法」
  • 111 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段
    Up until recently, the only way for a Maasai boy to achieve warrior status was to single-handedly kill a lion with his spear.
    直到不久前,馬賽男孩要取得戰士身分,唯一的方法是單憑一把矛獨自殺死一頭獅子。
    • up until recently:「直到最近」
    • achieve warrior status:「取得戰士身分」
    • single-handedly:「單獨一人地」,single + hand
  • 115 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 5 段
    All the members of the expedition team survived, but the Endurance remained lost under the sea until its discovery in 2022.
    遠征隊全員生還,但堅忍號一直沉在海底,直到 2022 年才被發現。
    • remain + 形容詞:「維持…的狀態」
    • until its discovery:用名詞 discovery 取代 until it was discovered
  • 114 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 2 段
    The first Russian-made vodka appeared in the 15th century, and the drink remained relatively low in alcohol content until the mid-18th century.
    第一批俄羅斯製伏特加在 15 世紀出現,直到 18 世紀中葉,這種酒的酒精含量都還算低。
    • Russian-made:「俄羅斯製的」
    • remain + 形容詞:「維持…的狀態」
    • low in alcohol content:「酒精含量低」
    • mid-18th century:「18 世紀中葉」

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