Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models.
阿什比·普蘭特是幾名利用奧巴馬的候選資格來測試關(guān)于楷模力量的假說的心理學家之一。
六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干是Ashby Plant is one of…psychologists…. who引導的是psychologists的定語從句,其中to test hypotheses about the power of role models為目的狀語,介詞短語about…是hypotheses的后置定語。
a number of的意思是“若干,一些”。如
He has written a number of articles for that magazine.
他為那本雜志寫過幾篇文章。
seize on的意思是“抓住(可利用的事物);突然大為關(guān)注”。如:
She seized on the excuse to get out of the practice.
她利用那個借口逃避練習。
candidacy的意思是“候選人的資格(或身份)”。如:
The board wifihdrew his candidacy for that post.
董事會取消了他那個職位的候選人資格。
六級考點歸納:
動詞seize還常見于以下短語搭配之中:
1.seize a chancelopportunity (with both hands)意為“抓住機會/機遇”。如:
They've seized a chance to Iaunch the project.
他們抓住了啟動那個項目的機會。
2.be seined with terrorldesire意為“突然感到恐懼/受到欲望的支配”。如:
I was seized with a sudden desire to cry.
我突然很想哭。
3.seize up意為“發(fā)生故障;身體僵硬”。如:
The machine suddenly seized up.
機器突然發(fā)生故障了。
It's so cold that my body seized up.
太冷了,我的身體都凍僵了。