APPLIED ARTS AND FINE ARTS (1-1) 單字與片語分析
1. tend to (SB / STH)： to deal with the problems or needs of a person or thin .
例句 1: Nurses tended to the injured.
例句 2: You tend to forget just how hard it is.
2. refer to (STH)： to look at a book or similar record in orderto find information and help .
例句 1: In her autobiography she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.
例句 2: By way of illustration I'll refer to the behavior of rabbits.
3. craft：
(A) skill and experience,especially in relation to making objects;
例句 1: I bought a wooden salad bowl at the local craft fair.
例句 2: All kinds of traditional craft industries are preserved here.
(B) a job or activity that needs skill andexperience, or something produced using skill and experience.
例句 1: Maurice Murphy, one of the country's leading classical trumpeters, learnt his craft with the Black Dyke Mills band.
例句 2: They learned the craft of weaving.
4. material：
(A) a physical substance that things can be made from；
例句 1: In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.
例句 2: Japan imports textile materials from Britain.
(B) cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes .
例句 1: The materials are soft and comfortable to wear.
例句 2: How much material will you need to make the skirt?
例句 1: In my version of the story, I added some new material.
例句 2: The material consisted only of already published, unclassified information. 例
5. clay： thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks and containers
句 1: As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
例句 2: He also discovered a gift for figure-modelling in clay.
6. fiber： a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread.
例句 1: Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler.
例句 2: Rayon rank second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
7. think of (SB / STH)： to have a particular opinion of something or someone .
例句 1: We'll have to think of a pretty good excuse for being late.
例句 2: It really is mind-boggling when you think of it.
8. function ：
(A) the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a person) ；
例句 1: On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace.
例句 2: The function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.
(B) an official ceremony or a formalsocial event, such as a party or a specialmeal, at which a lot of people are usuallypresent；
例句 1: As a mayor, he has a lot of official functions to attend.
例句 2: I see her two or three times a year, usually at social functions.
(C) something that results from something else, or is the way it is because of something else.
例句 1: His success is a function of his having worked so hard.
例句 2: The low temperatures here are a function of the terrain as much as of the climate.
9. divide ：
(A) separate into parts or groups ；
例句 1: Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
例句 2: After the Second World War Germany was divided into two separate countries.
(B) to cause a group ofpeople to disagree about something.
例句 1: The party is divided on/over the issue of capital punishment.
例句 2: She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else.
10. category： atype, or a group of things having somefeatures that are the same .
例句 1: The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.
例句 2: Over the decade, women in this category went up by 120%.
11. container ：
(A) a hollow object, such as a box or abottle, that can be used for holdingsomething, especially to carry or store it ；例句 1: The container is invisible until you shine an ultraviolet light on it.
例句 2: Keep what's left in a covered container in the fridge.
(B) a very large metal box used fortransporting goods .
例句 1: That's a container lorry.
例句 2: Large container ships aren't allowed into Victoria Harbor.
12. shelter ：
(A) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack ；
例句 1: They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.
例句 2: The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
(B) to protect yourself, or another person or thing, from bad weather,danger, or attack.
例句 1: We took shelter for the night in an abandoned house.
例句 2: Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days.
13. physics ： the scientific study of matter andenergy and the effect that they have on each other .
例句 1: Physics isn't just about pure science with no immediate applications.
例句 2: Finding how this happens is pivotal to particle physics.
14. pertain ： to relate to or have a connection with something .
例句 1: I would much rather that you asked Mrs Zuckerman any questions pertaining to herself.
例句 2: The imaginary elements pertain to a condition or state of a figure.
15. substance ： material with particularphysical characteristics .例句 1: What sort of substance could withstand those temperatures?
例句 2: There is no substance in any of these allegations.
16 regardless of(STH) ： without being influenced by any otherevents or conditions .
例句 1: Regardless of these aberrations Cilla's status is assured.
例句 2: The government subsidises newspapers regardless of their political affiliation.
17. geography ： the study of the systems andprocesses involved in the world'sweather, mountains, seas, lakes, etc. and of the ways in which countries andpeople organize life within an area.
例句 1: Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
例句 2: The geography of Bona's inspiration is not new.
18. arbitrary ： based on chance rather than beingplanned or based on reason .
例句 1: Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?
例句 2: Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
19. norm ： an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that mostpeople agree with .
例句 1: In many places, multi-party politics became the norm.
例句 2: One suspects that this will soon become the norm.
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