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托福寫作  常見替換字 (六)

1. Ignore—— neglect, overlook, turn a blind eye to /be blind to, fail to take into account

A) Ignore (V.) 忽視，不顧； [法律]駁回（訴訟）

例句

(1) Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay.

(2) Never ignore the urge to go to the toilet. 

B) neglect (N. /V.) 疏忽； 忽略； 遺漏； 疏於照顧；玩忽； 被忽略的狀態； 怠慢

例句

(1) If you are not careful, children tend to neglect their homework.

(2) They never neglect their duties.

C) overlook (N. /V.) 忽視，忽略； 瞭望； 檢查； 遠眺；從高處眺望到的景色； 忽視，忽略； 可眺望四周的高地

例句

(1) We overlook all sorts of warning signals about our own health. 

(2) .The tents on the hillside overlook the border fence.

D)  turn a blind eye to something 視而不見

例句

(1) We turn a blind eye to the thousands of Dalit women who are raped by upper caste men. 

(2) Egyptian authorities turn a blind eye to the traffic

E) be blind to 忽視

例句

(1) I've often wondered what it's like to be blind. 

(2) Nearly half regained enough eyesight to no longer be legally blind. 

F) fail to take into account 未能顧及

例句

(1) The imagination does fail to take into account the all the unimaginable but possible situations that can arise.

(2) What you fail to take into account in your posts is that, as you and I both know.

2. reason—cause, factor, contributor, trigger

A) reason (N. /V.) 理由； 原因； 理性； 理智；推理，思考； 爭辯； 辯論； 向…解釋

例句

(1) Who would have a reason to want to kill her?

(2) The reason given was to concentrate on album sales.

B) cause (N. /V.) 因； 動機； 理由； 事業；成為…的原因； 導致； 引起； 使遭受

例句

(1) Both had much cause to be grateful for the secretiveness of government in Britain.

(2) If caught during pregnancy, it can cause miscarriage. 

C) factor (N. /V.) 因素； <數>因數； 代理人；把…因素包括進去； [數學]分解…的因數，將…分解成因數； 以代理商（或管家等）的身份行事，做代理商（或管家）

例句

(1) Physical activity is an important factor in maintaining fitness. 

(2) The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five.

D) contributor (N. ) (尤指不愉快事件的)促成因素，原因之一；貢獻者； 捐助者； 投稿者

例句

(1) All this can lead to divisive family arguments to which guilt is a major contributor.

(2) Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect. 

E) trigger (N. /V.)（槍）扳機； 起動裝置，扳柄； 引發其他事件的一件事； [電子學]觸發器，觸發電器；引發，觸發； 扣…的扳機； 發射或使爆炸（武器或爆炸性彈藥）

例句

(1) Stress may act as a trigger for these illnesses.

(2) he witness says the soldier then pulled the trigger

3. advantage--merit, virtue, benefit, upside, strength

A) advantage (N. /V.) 有利條件； 益處； 優越（性）； 處於支配地位；有利於； 有益於； 促進； 使處於有利地位

例句

(1) A good crowd will be a definite advantage to me and the rest of the team. 

(2) I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.

B) merit (N. /V.) 價值，優點； [宗教]（行善得到的）功德； 功績，功勳； 榮譽；值得，應獲得； [宗教]（因行善而）應得（善報）

例句

(1) They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.

(2) Each case is judged on its merits. 

C) virtue (N. ) 美德； 德行； 價值； 長處

例句

(1) Its other great virtue, of course, is its hard-wearing quality. 

(2) She could have established her own innocence and virtue easily enough. 

D) benefit (N. /V.) 利益，好處； 救濟金，津貼； 義演，義賣； 恩惠，恩澤；有益於，有助於； 使受益； 得益，受益

例句

(1) I hope what I have written will be of benefit to someone else who may feel the same way.

(2) I was told that in order to get benefit payments I would have to answer some questions.

E) upside (N. ) 好處； 上邊； （糟糕局面的）好的一面； 顛倒著

例句

(1) This gives us an upside view on the world.

(2) Take a sturdy crate and turn it upside down. 

F) strength (N. ) 力量； 優點，長處； （光、聲、色等的）力度； 人力

例句

(1) The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar. 

(2) The great strength of her plan is that it's so cheap compared to the others.

4. disadvantage--demerit, defect, drawback, downside, weakness

A) disadvantage (N. ) 不利，劣勢，短處； 損失

例句

(1) Depression is the third thing that works to my patients' disadvantage.

(2) This imposes a disadvantage, right from the beginning.

B) demerit (N. ) 缺點，過失，短處

例句

(1) For example, the women all wear headscarves, but not tying them correctly counts as a demerit.

(2) They might get a demerit. 

C) defect (N. /V.) 瑕疵，毛病； 欠缺，缺點；叛逃； 背叛

例句

(1) He was born with a hearing defect. 

(2) He defected from the party in the late 1970s. 

D) drawback (N. ) 缺點，劣勢； 退稅

例句

(1) He felt the apartment's only drawback was that it was too small.

(2) The main drawback of all the approaches is cost. 

E) downside (N. /Adj.) 下降趨勢； 負面，消極面；下降趨勢的

例句

(1) There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.

(2) But this freedom is not without its' downside.

F) weakness (N. ) 弱點，缺點； 軟弱，優柔寡斷； 弱，衰弱，虛弱； 〈口〉偏愛，癖好

例句

(1) His one weakness, apart from aeroplanes, is ice cream. 

(2) It's my usual weakness, being too oblique.