[分享] 常見容易誤解意思的片語 by J2

[robert416 (蘿蔔)]

    大家好，我是SK2實力養成班顧問J2.

    除夕夜的這天，跟大家分享一下托福中常見容易誤解意思的片語，幫助同學
    虎年考托福如虎添翼！

    1. Forbes’s azoic zone was entirely plausible at the time, and it
    was certainly [far from the strangest] idea that was then
    entertained about the deep sea.

    far from the strangest = not strange at all

    特別注意這邊的entertain是抱持著...想法的意思，比較特別，同學可以順
    便記起來。

    類似例句：
    The prehistoric record of the meat-eating habits of early humans
    is [far from clear] about the prevalence of scavenging.



    2. This ignored the fact that water is [all but] incompressible.

    all but= very nearly, almost

    其他例句
    We had[all but]given up hope. = We had almost given up hope.

    3. This value is easily exceeded in most coastal water, but in the
    deep sea, the levels of organic matter range from [next to
    nothing] to around 7 micrograms per cubic liter.

    next to nothing 直接翻像是「沒有的隔壁」，就是almost nothing

    4. Hersuccesshasn'tcausedtension- [if anything], it'shelpedour
    marriage.

    if anything— used when saying that whatpeoplemaybelieveis not
    true, and theoppositemay betrue 帶出相反的概念時可用的發語詞，可翻
    成「倒不如說」「恰恰相反地」

    這四個都是托福很常見的用法，一定要搞清楚，不然誤會了意思，影響文章
    /聽力理解，就很可惜囉！

    虎年新年快樂！

    J2

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