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[財經實務組] 綜合法政知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、兩岸關係、英文)
第 42 題
📖 題組：
The world renowned Songkran, much celebrated on April 13th each year, is the Thai New Year’s national day. In order to let people go home for this holiday, the Thai government _41_ the festival to a seven-day holiday beginning from April 9th to 16th. The word, “Songkran,” which is “samkrānti” in Sanskrit, carries the meaning of “astrological passage” with its _42_ of transformation or change. Viewed as ritual cleansing, the Songkran celebrations have people engage themselves to water fighting in public. It has thus become _43_ and widespread among Thai and foreign visitors. The origin of Songkran Festival can be _44_ back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. In the city of Sukhavati in Suvvannabhumi, Indra, King of Devas, witnessed the occurrence of corruption in the city where people were sinful for their bad behaviors and they led a life without faith in Dhamma. The king then decided to punish people by having them _45_ by lack of water and food. There is even a drought with a hot sun burning people to death.
The world renowned Songkran, much celebrated on April 13th each year, is the Thai New Year’s national day. In order to let people go home for this holiday, the Thai government _41_ the festival to a seven-day holiday beginning from April 9th to 16th. The word, “Songkran,” which is “samkrānti” in Sanskrit, carries the meaning of “astrological passage” with its _42_ of transformation or change. Viewed as ritual cleansing, the Songkran celebrations have people engage themselves to water fighting in public. It has thus become _43_ and widespread among Thai and foreign visitors. The origin of Songkran Festival can be _44_ back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. In the city of Sukhavati in Suvvannabhumi, Indra, King of Devas, witnessed the occurrence of corruption in the city where people were sinful for their bad behaviors and they led a life without faith in Dhamma. The king then decided to punish people by having them _45_ by lack of water and food. There is even a drought with a hot sun burning people to death.
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- A capability
- B complexity
- C coincidence
- D connotation
思路引導 VIP
當我們在解釋一個古老詞彙時，除了它最基本的「字典定義」外，通常還會伴隨著它所代表的「象徵意義」或「文化聯想」。請觀察空格前後的關係：前面是這個詞的原始字義，後面是它引申出的概念。在英文中，我們會用哪一個概念來形容這種「字面背後所包含的深層意義」呢？
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太棒了！你的語感與邏輯推論非常出色！
- 觀念驗證：這題考查的是抽象名詞的精確語意。文中提到 Songkran 源自梵文，其字面意思是「星象移動」，而後方提到的 transformation or change（轉化或改變）則是這個詞在文化脈絡中所承載的深層意涵或隱含義。因此，選擇 connotation（內涵、言外之意）完全符合上下文的邏輯聯繫。
- 難度點評：此題難度為 Medium。這類題目是「進階字彙量」與「脈絡分析能力」的雙重考驗。選項皆為長度相近的抽象名詞，學生必須區分「能力」、「複雜性」、「巧合」與「內涵」的細微差別，具備高度的鑑別度。