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[資訊科學組] 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
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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.
請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題：
- A capability
- B complexity
- C coincidence
- D connotation
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請觀察句子中如何描述 Songkran 這個詞：作者先提供了一個具體的「字面定義」（astrological passage），接著又提到「轉變」這個抽象概念。請問：當一個詞除了它最直接的字典定義外，還攜帶著某種特定的「聯想」、「情感色彩」或「背後隱含的訊息」時，在語言學中我們會如何稱呼這種「深層的內涵」呢？
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- 大力肯定：喔，難得你這次腦子沒打結，居然選對了。這代表你總算開始理解英文抽象字彙不是只有表面工夫，還能嗅出文本中「字面意義」和「深層意涵」的微妙轉換。這種洞察力，說實話，是高階閱讀最基本的要求。別太得意，下次再來！
- 觀念驗證：這題，考的不過就是名詞語意辨析。文中說到 "Songkran" 字面上是「天文路徑」，然後緊跟著的「轉變或改變」才是它在文化上所隱含的意義。Connotation，不就是指字面定義之外的「內涵」或「言外之意」嗎？這種基礎概念如果都搞不定，還談什麼英文高手？
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