1. hundreds of thousands:幾十萬的;數十萬的;數以十萬計的
【hundred】是【一百】,【hundreds】則是【幾百;數百;數以百計】;【thousand】是【一千】,【thousands】則是【幾千;數千;數以千計】。把兩個字加起來形成【hundreds of thousands】則是【幾十萬;數十萬;數以十萬計】的意思。而【tens of thousands】則是【幾萬;數萬;數以萬計】的意思囉!這些是比較常見的數量詞片語,大家都要會舉一反三喔!
另外,還有【millions of(幾百萬;數百萬;數以百萬計)】跟【billions of(幾十億;數十億;數以十億計)】兩個數量詞片語,雖然不那麼常用,但也要會喔!
【例句一】
My friend has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on his kid in the last few months.
【過去幾個月來,我朋友已經在他小孩身上花了幾十萬了。】
【例句一A】
My friend has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on his kid in the last few months, and I think he is going to spoil the kid.
【過去幾個月來,我朋友已經在他小孩身上花了幾十萬了,我覺得他一定會寵壞那個小孩的。】
【聯想字】hundred, hatred, hired, honored; thousand, Thailand
2. take to:去某處(=go somewhere);出走
【take to】這個動詞片語是【離開往某處去】的意思,尤其是指為了遠離或躲避危難等情形而出走。
【例句二】
The refugees took to the highlands to get away from the flood.
【災民們出走到高地去躲避洪水。】
(refugee:災民;難民)(highland:高地)(flood:洪水;水災)
【例句二A】
The refugees took to the highlands to get away from the flood, so they all saved their lives.
【災民們出走到高地去躲避洪水,因此他們都保住了性命。】
3. protest:抗議;聲言反對;對...提出異議
【protest】這個字是【大聲說出相反意見】之意,即【用堅定的聲音、堅決的語氣、堅硬的態度表達強烈的反對意見】,也就是所謂的【抗議】、【聲言反對】、【提出異議】等意思。
【例句三】
College students were protesting about the increase in the registration fee.
【大學生正在抗議註冊費上漲。】
(increase:增加)(registration fee:註冊費)
【例句三A】
College students were protesting about the increase in the registration fee while teachers were protesting about having no salary raise in 10 years.
【大學生在抗議註冊費上漲,而老師卻在抗議十年來從未調過薪水。】
【聯想字】protest, priest, pretest, post-test, protagonist, provost
【單字接龍範例】
1. hundred > ... > 10. thousand
【初級版】(無字母數限制)
1. hundred
2. dew
3. wine
4. end
5. duck
6. kind
7. down
8. nut
9. tent
10. thousand
【進階版】(字母數必須5個以上的單字方可接)
1. hundred
2. dangerous
3. sincere
4. evolutionary
5. yellow
6. without
7. timber
8. romantic
9. crest
10. thousand
【單字接龍練習】
1. hundred
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
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5. ____________________
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10. thousand
【讀者投稿】
上期單字接龍練習:1. dish > ... > 10. price
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dish(盤子)hook(鉤子)king(國王)game(遊戲)east(東邊)toy(玩具)yard(院子)doll(洋娃娃)lamp(燈)price(價錢)(楊娟玟。南投。業務助理.)
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