字詞研究 (6)

字詞研究 (6)

14) angel/ angle / ankle:

1. angel n. 天使 

She is an ~ in her parents’ eye. = She is the apple of the eye in her parents. 她是父母眼中的寶貝。

《Make yourself familiar with the ~s, and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you. 》 熟識天使們，並常常在內心注視他們，因為雖看不見，他們卻永遠在你身邊。

2. angle n.角度；a tri-angle 三角形；tri-pod (攝影用) 三腳架；( i-Pad) n.平版電腦；另i-Phone新型手機更先進。           

Sometimes things must be examined from different angles. 有時候，事情必須從不同角度來檢視。

3. ankle n.足踝 The soldier was shot in the ~ 士兵被射中足踝。

比較：heel n. 腳跟 high-~ ed shoes 高跟鞋 He took to his heels.  拔腿就跑；

Achilles’ ~ 弱點 = (vulnerable point) 希臘神話-在Trojan War(特洛伊戰爭中被射中足踝而遇難

的英雄)

15) access / excess / assess/ accession:     

1.     access

本題key word 是access，可就其字型(發音)接近，與其他字意義辨別及轉成語等方面來研究:

A. access本身字義：n.接近《人 + get, have, gain + ~ to + 名詞》

a. People have an ~ to all the books in the library.人們有使用圖書館書籍的權利。

b. Microsoft won ~ to China’s lucrative market.微軟公司羸得進入中國有利可圖的市場。

c. China stakes a claim for major ~ to oil around the world.中國聲明隨時有權利進入全球的石油

市場購油。

d. With DSL it is faster to get access to the internet nowadays.目前用寬頻上網更快。

e. ~ to +人:

As the chairman of the Staff, he is a man with ~ to the President. 身為幕僚長，他可以接近總統。

broadband ~ to Internet 寬頻上網 (* log on to + 網站--上網)

**access n. 另外作「一陣」解，an ~ of anger, fever一陣(= fit)憤怒，發燒

B. 轉成語:  

a. accessory n. 附屬零件；accessory [Dk'sGsDr0]) n. 共犯

b. accessible a.可接近的：停車場可見到牌子寫著：”Parking Only. Vans ~.”限停車用，麵包

(箱形)車可停。

【It is our promise to remain accessible to the best and brightest regardless of where they hail from and what they can afford. 】(某私立名校招生廣告詞)

我們的諾言是維持招到最好與最聰明的(學生)，無論他們的出身與經濟能力。(註：hail from

指人的出身)

c. *accession n.~ to 接近、即位(登基) 、加入(黨派) 。n. 獲得之物：These are new ~s to the library. 這些是圖書新增加的圖書。

C. 發音或字型接近的字：

【比較】：

a. assess v. 評估(事情)，

“While the U.S. stations flutter around the subject, the BBC professionally asseses the terrorist bombings.”

正當美國各電台一窩蜂地報導這個題目時，BBC (英國電視台)卻在評估恐布份子的爆炸案。(BBC= British Broadcasting Company)

v. (課稅)評估~ or (美國房地產稅單上常列的) 稅額估定者

b. asset  n.資產

“Time is a man’s most important ~.” 時間是一個人最重要的資產。

Your people are your company’s most important ~. 你們的員工是你們重要的資產。

c. evaluate v. = judge the worth of…評估；~ one’s expectations評估某人的期待

i. As a teacher, she knows how to ~ students’ potential 身為教師，她知道如何評估學生們的潛力。

ii.New Florida law: Teachers can’t be evaluated on students they don’t have. 佛羅里達州新通過的法律：『不可以未教過學生的考試成績來評估老師』。

iii.Too many headlines about cancer “cures” are overblown- here’s how you can ~ them. 許多有關癌症偏方的頭版新聞，是過度吹噓- 下列是如何評估它們的方法。

*evaluate 之轉成語: evaluation n.

I did a self- ~ recently and I don’t like the man I’ve become.最近我作了自我評估，但不喜歡變成

現在的這個「我」。

4.excess [ 0k'sGs ] n. 過度；過量，下列為常見慣用片語：

(access 重音在第一音節，excess重音在第二音節)

a. E~ weight takes years off your life.  體重過重會縮短壽命。

b. “Eccentricity and excess are hallmarks of a centuries-old architectural design.”古怪和過度表現是

一種，有幾世紀之久的建築設計之高品質證書。

c. Adrian’s report accused his pupil of an extraordinary access of cynicism. Adrian 的報告指責他的學生格外用接近嘲諷的字眼。

d.An ~ of zeal in that direction entangled them in difficulties with their boss.

在那個方向過度熱心，使他們與上司之間有糾纏不清的困難。 

【比較】：

與entrance n. 的區別：entrance 進入(可見或不可見之塲所)，”No Freeway Entrance”(禁止進人高速公路) ，College Entrance Exam大學入學考試

與介系詞連用的慣用語：

i.The bonus he receives is in ~ of the base salary.他得到的獎金超過底薪。

ii. to excess (過量地) = excessively

Drinking to ~ often causes health problems. 飲酒過量常引起健康問題。

iii. go to excess(extremes)走極端:

In handling the problem you have gone to extremes. 處理這難題時你太過分了。

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Justin Lai, 06/16/2013

jlai77168@gmail.com