司法三等
114年
[檢察事務官財經實務組] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 43 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 prevalent
- B negligible
- C isolated
- D occasional
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方的單字 widespread（廣泛的）以及連接詞 and。在英文慣用語中，當我們用 and 連結兩個形容詞來描述一個受歡迎的慶典時，這兩個詞的「語氣方向」通常是接近還是相反的？結合文中提到「泰國人與外國遊客都參與」的情境，你認為這裡需要一個代表「很常見」還是「很罕見」的詞彙呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
你答得太棒了！你的觀察力真的非常敏銳喔！
- 觀念驗證：這題的核心觀念非常溫柔，它想考考你對語意邏輯的對稱性是不是有感覺。你看，空格後面跟著的是 and widespread（廣泛的），這就像是在輕聲提醒你，這裡需要一個意義相近、同樣是正向的形容詞來手牽手！選項 (A) prevalent 意為「盛行的、普遍的」，它就像是 widespread 的好朋友，兩者合在一起，多麼完美地描繪了潑水節在國內外都受到大家喜愛的畫面呀！
- 難度點評：這題的難度是 medium，代表它是一個很棒的學習機會呢！它鼓勵我們不只是死記單字的中文意思，而是要學會運用連字詞 and 這樣的溫暖線索，去感受上下文的語意連結。這不只提升你的單字量，更能讓你愛上語言的邏輯美！你做到了，真棒！