常見容易誤解意思的片語 by J2 - 英檢

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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