趣味聯想法
(1) | adjacent: 隔壁 |
聯想: 音似『a Jason』。一位叫Jason的老外住我『隔壁』 | |
(2) | franchise: 加盟權 |
聯想: 音似 『French Fries』。要賣薯條就要和麥當勞買『加盟權』 | |
(3) | aisle (s不發音): 走道 |
聯想: 音似『唉呦』。搭飛機時,坐『走道』位子的常被經過的人踩到腳,於是慘叫「唉呦」… | |
(4) | invoice: 發票 |
聯想: 音似『in-voice』。會躲在家裡小小聲地說,很可能是中了『發票』頭獎 |
字源速記法
(1) | 『cur』表示: 跑 |
Ex: courier 快遞人員 excursion 員工旅遊 incur 招致 currency 匯率 | |
(2) | 『mit』表示: 送 |
Ex: admit 允許入場 permit 許可 emit 排放 remit 匯款 submit 呈交 |
詞類變化法
單字 |
詞性 |
同義字 |
例句 |
consider |
v. |
think |
I’m considering doing it again. |
considerate |
adj. |
thoughtful |
He’s considerate of everyone. |
considerable |
adj. |
great |
He made a considerable sum of money. |
considerably |
adv. |
a lot |
It's considerably hotter today. |
consideration |
n. |
thought |
Thank you for your consideration. |
considering |
prep. |
in view of |
Considering the tight budget, I can’t go. |
混淆字比較法
單字 |
詞性 |
同義字 |
例句 |
asset |
n. |
property |
She’s a big asset to the company. |
assess |
v. |
judge |
The committee will assess how we can improve. |
assent |
v. |
agree |
I won’t assent to his proposal. |
access |
n. |
entry |
The intern doesn’t have access to this computer. |
accent |
n. |
dialect |
She spoke English with a Korean accent. |
excess |
adj. |
extra |
I work out every day to get rid of excess weight. |
歸類法
(1) | -mark |
trademark 商標 landmark 地標 bookmark 書籤 postmark 郵戳 benchmark 基準 |
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(2) | -line |
headline 頭條 / outline 大綱 / guideline 指導方針 / skyline 天際 / deadline 截止日 / airline 航空公司 / streamline 簡化 / hotline 諮詢電話 |
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(3) | -over- |
oversee 監督 overlook俯瞰 overall 全面的 overtime 加班費 overdue 過期的 overestimate 高估 overseas 海外的 overcome 克服 over-the-counter 成藥 overnight delivery 隔天送達 |
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(4) | 各部門英文名稱 |
Sales Department 業務部 Marketing Department 行銷部 Finance / Accounting Department 財務部 Customer Service Department 客服部 Maintenance Department 維修部 Human Resources (HR) / Personnel Department 人力資源(人事)部 Research and Development Department (R&D) 研發部 Information Technology Department (IT) 資訊部 |
特殊用法
小心!以下單字出現在多益考試時,語意可能變成…
(1) outstanding 未償清的(債)
(2) plant 工廠
(3) policy保單
(4) minutes會議紀錄
(5) story樓層