學測考點
waste A on B
「把 A 浪費在 B 上」(waste your money on an expensive car、waste his time and money on the land)
waste
名詞「廢棄物」,不可數(waste product、waste of fish catch)
學測原句
- 110 學測|詞彙題看這一題 ›It is absolutely absurd to waste your money on an expensive car when you cannot even get a driver's license.連駕照都還沒考到,就把錢浪費在昂貴的車子上,簡直荒謬。
- waste A on B:「把 A 浪費在 B 上」
- driver's license:「駕照」
- cannot even…:「連…都無法」
- 105 學測|文意選填|第 2 段In the beginning, people thought he was crazy to waste his time and money on the land.一開始,人們認為他把時間與金錢浪費在這塊地上很瘋狂。
- in the beginning:「一開始」
- crazy to V:「做…很瘋狂」
- waste A on B:「把 A 浪費在 B 上」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段The cactus’s thick outer layer (i.e., husk), with all those spines, had always been viewed as a waste product until researchers developed a biogas generator to turn the husks into electricity.仙人掌厚厚的外層(也就是外殼)布滿了刺,一直被視為廢棄物,直到研究人員開發出沼氣發電機,把外殼變成電力。
- outer layer:「外層」
- i.e.:「也就是」
- waste product:「廢棄物」
- biogas:「沼氣」,bio-(生物)+ gas
- turn A into B:「把 A 變成 B」
- 113 學測|閱讀測驗 第 3 篇|第 3 段Reducing waste of fish catch has become a serious issue today, when many countries are faced with food crises.如今許多國家面臨糧食危機,減少漁獲浪費已成為嚴重的議題。
- reducing waste:以 V-ing 開頭的一段話當主詞,指「減少浪費」這件事
- fish catch:「漁獲」
- when:指 today
- be faced with…:「面臨…」
- crisis:「危機」,複數是 crises
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇It turns into 200,000 tons of waste in Mexico each year.它在墨西哥每年會變成二十萬噸的廢棄物。
- turn into…:「變成…」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Then, a local green energy startup company got the idea to turn that waste into energy.接著,當地一家綠能新創公司想到把這些廢棄物變成能源。
- green energy:「綠能」
- startup company:「新創公司」
- get the idea to V:「想到要…」
- 110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段The area produces 200,000 tons a year of prickly pear cactus—up to 10 tons of which ends up as waste on the floor of the cactus market each day.該地區每年生產 20 萬噸仙人掌,其中每天多達 10 噸最後成為仙人掌市場地上的廢棄物。
- up to…:「多達…」
- of which:「其中」
- end up as…:「最後成為…」
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