2017年1月1日 星期日

KEY WORDS & USAGE: advantage

 advantage [əd`væntɪdʒ] n. 優勢,優點,益處,便利 衍:advantageous adj.; disadvantage n.

There are advantages and disadvantages in being the youngest child in the family.

身爲家中的老么,有好處也有壞處。

 

advantage noun

1 thing that helps

ADJ.

big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, overwhelming | clear, decided/decisive, definite, distinct, material, obvious, positive, real

Breastfeeding offers a clear advantage to your baby.

key, main, major, important, significant | dubious | unfair

The company has an unfair advantage over its competitors.

added, additional These computers have the added advantage of being cheap.

special | potential | comparative, relative | mutual

The plan would be to our mutual advantage.

natural

the natural advantages of countries with low labour costs

commercial, competitive, economic, educational, electoral, financial, military, personal, political, practical, psychological, social, strategic, tactical, technical, technological | cost, price, speed, tax

VERB + ADVANTAGE

have | gain, get

He would gain considerable advantage from staying in that job.

bring (sb), give sb, offer (sb)

Another qualification would give me a big advantage at job interviews.

press home

The commanders were keen to press home their advantage with a further offensive in the north.

outweigh

They argue that the possible risks attached to such vaccines vastly outweigh any advantages.

PREP.

to sb's ~

It is to your advantage to delay things for as long as possible.

~ in

There may be some advantage in laying down a clearer procedure.

~ over

East coast resorts have the advantage over west coast ones.

~ to

the advantage to both countries of closer economic ties

PHRASES

to good advantage, to sb/sth's best advantage

The bright lighting showed the jewels to their best advantage.

2 take advantage of: make use of

ADJ.

full, maximum

We took full advantage of the hotel facilities.

 

ADVANTAGE

[adj N] 32% full N, big N, several N

Despite the twin advantages of wealth and beauty, she did not have a happy life.

儘管擁有財富和美貌的雙重優勢,她的生活並不幸福。

[to N] 20% to N

It would be to your advantage (= it would improve the situation for you) to agree to his demands.

答應他的要求對你有利。

[n N] 10% field N, home N, tax N

Home advantage in soccer is due to many factors.

足球的主場優勢是由許多因素造成的。

[amount N] 9% amount N

And that's one advantage of having continual contact in the future.

這是未來持續接觸的一個優勢。

[(v) N of n] 8% (have) N of being

I thought I'd take advantage of the sports facilities while I'm here.

我想趁我在這兒期間,好好利用一下這裡的體育設施。

 

KEY WORDS & USAGE: addition

 addition [ə`dɪʃən] n. 附加,添加        add v.

He had an addition to his family.

他家添加了一名新生兒。

因有add to之句型,故addition to具有[使〜增加]的意思。

 

addition noun

1 sth that is added

ADJ.

useful, valuable, welcome, worthy | important, major, notable, significant | latest, new, recent

VERB + ADDITION

make We have made several additions to the collection recently.

PREP.

~ to the latest addition to the family (= a new baby)

2 process of adding numbers/amounts

ADJ.

simple He worked it out through simple addition.

VERB + ADDITION

do She can do addition, but she hasn't learned subtraction yet.

 

ADDITION

[in N] 84% in N

Finding a salon that specializes in hair additions may be difficult.

尋找專門添加頭髮的沙龍可能很困難。

[adj N] 4% new N, welcome N, great N

A secretary would be a welcome/useful addition to our staff.

多聘一名秘書對於我們全體工作人員來說是好消息/會有助於我們全體工作人員的工作。

[N to -ing] 3% N to being, N to providing, N to having

And also is a lawyer in addition to being a psychologist.

除了是一名心理學家之外,他還是一名律師。

[(v) N to n] 3% (be) N to garden, (make) N to salad, (be) N to collection

A secretary would be a welcome/useful addition to our staff.

多聘一名秘書對於我們全體工作人員來說是好消息/會有助於我們全體工作人員的工作。

[amount N] 0% amount N

Fold egg whites into batter in three additions.

將蛋清分成三個加入麵糊。

 

KEY WORDS & USAGE: abundance

 abundance [ə`bʌndəns] n. 豐富,充裕               abound v.; abundant adj.

This book is illustrated with an abundance of examples.

這本書引用許多例子作說明。

→使用an abundance of之句型時,of後所接之名詞爲單數時,表示[大量的]的意思。of後加複數時表示[多數的]的意思。

 

abundance noun

ADJ.

great, sheer

We were amazed by the sheer abundance of food.

| relative

VERB + ABUNDANCE

have | produce, provide

The country has an abundance of natural resources.

PREP.

in ~

Exotic plants grew there in great abundance.

 

ABUNDANCE

[in N] 38% in N

We had wine in abundance.

我們有充足的葡萄酒。

[adj N] 19% relative N, such N, great N

This time at least there's not the broken glass in such abundance.

這一次,至少沒有破碎的玻璃如此豐富。

[(v) N of n] 16% (be) N of information, (be) N of material, (be) N of man

There was an abundance of food at the wedding.

婚禮上食品豐富。

[n N] 6% food N, resource N, oyster N

An age of relative food abundance is being replaced by one of scarcity.

相對糧食豐富的時代正在被稀缺性所取代。

[(v) N in n] 3% (apply) N in area

 

KEY WORDS & USAGE: ability

 ability [ə`bɪlətɪ] n. 能力        able [`ebḷ] adj. 有能力的,能夠

Their greatness was proved by their ability to acknowledge defeat.

他們的偉大之處由他們能承認自己的失敗得到證明

abilityable的名詞形,ability to +動詞原形表示「具有〜的能力」。ability for +名詞。如ability for music

 

ability noun

1 skill/power to do sth

ADJ.

exceptional, extraordinary, great, outstanding, remarkable, uncanny | inherent, innate, natural

discovering the natural abilities of each child

proven | academic, acting, artistic, athletic, creative, intellectual, linguistic, mathematical, musical, reading, technical | mental, physical

VERB + ABILITY

have | demonstrate, show

Both players demonstrated their ability to hit the ball hard.

acquire, develop | lack | lose

I seem to have lost my ability to attract clients.

appreciate, recognize

Fox's abilities were soon recognized.

PHRASES

to the best of your ability

We will keep you informed to the best of our ability.

 

2 speed with which sb learns

ADJ.

high

The school does nothing for children of high ability.

limited, low | average, mixed

It is much more difficult to teach a mixed-ability class.

VERB + ABILITY

assess, test

PHRASES

a level of ability

There was a high level of ability among the school leavers.

a range of ability/abilities

I taught a wide range of abilities.


ABILITY

[adj N] 20% own N, athletic N, uncanny N

She's a woman of considerable abilities.

她是個非常有才幹的女性。

[in N] 20% in N

These differences do not include a difference in ability.

這些差異不包括能力差異。

[with N] 14% with N

Because babies are born with the innate ability to enjoy sandwiches.

因為嬰兒出生時具有享受三明治的天生能力。

[on N] 13% on N

Races are won or lost on the ability to concentrate.

種族的集中能力贏得或失敗。

[to N] 8% to N

A final subtype demonstrated low average to average abilities.

最終的亞型表現出較低的平均能力。