讀句子輕鬆搞定高中語法：實用篇
mpt had been made by others to classify plant species into groups,but the breakthrough came with the work of Carl Linnaeus.
另一些人嘗試按植物種類分類，但是突破性進展卻來自Carl Linnaeus.
classify vt. 編排；分類to arrange or organize according to class or category classify sb./ sth. (as sth.) 將某人/某物歸類
［例］
1）We usually classify types of character as good or bad. 我們通常把 （人的） 性格之類型分爲善與惡。
2）The books in the library are classified by subject. 圖書館的書是按照科目分類的。
3）Would you classify her novels as serious literature or as mere entertainment? 你認爲她的小說屬於文學類呢，還是屬於通俗讀物類？
［聯想］
1. attempt to do sth=make an attempt to do sth = make an attempt at doing sth =try to do sth 試圖奪取
2. classified（常作定語）分類的 a classified directory 分類電話簿 classified advertisements 分類廣告
3. classification n. the act or result of classifying; a category or class 分類；類別
1768, the Royal Navy appointed James Cook as the commander of the Endeavour to take members of the Royal Society on an expedition to Tahiti.
1768年英國皇家海軍任命James Cook爲“奮力”號船長，帶領皇家學會成員遠征塔希提島。
appoint sb. (to); appoint sb. (as)
挑選（某人）做某工作或任某職位；任命；委派
［例］
1. He was appointed to the vacant post. 他被委派填補那空缺。
2. We must appoint a new teacher at once to the mountain school. 我們必須立即委派一名新教師到那山村小學去。
3. They have appointed a new manager. 他們已經任用了一位新經理。
4. Who shall we appoint (as) chairperson? 我們選派誰擔任主席呢？
5. They have appointed a date for the meeting. 他們已經約定了開會的日期。
6. They appointed a place to exchange stamps. 他們約定一個地方交換郵票。
［聯想］appoint sth. (for sth.) 確定或決定某事物
had to supply about ￡10,000 of his own money to equip the expedition…
他不得不把自己的錢（大約一萬英鎊）拿出來爲這次遠征提供設備。
supply當“提供；供應”講，supply sth./ supply sb. 向某人提供某物
［例］
supplied food aids to the people in the flood-stricken area.
=They supplied the people in the flood-stricken area with food aids. 他們向受災地區的人們提供了食品援助。
［聯想］近義詞爲provide/offer.
r sb. sth./offer sth. to sb. 向某人提供某物
He offered me a cup of tea.=He offered a cup of tea to me.
ide sb. with sth./ provide sth. for sb. 向某人提供某物，供應
The firm has provided me with a car.=The firm has provided a car for me. 公司提供給我一輛汽車。
在涉及到錢時，supply則不明確，一般講來要給錢，provide往往則意味着免費提供。
The school provides the students with lesson-sheets. 學校免費給學生提供講義。
We can supply you with some rare Ming editions. 我們可以給你提供一些稀有的明版書。
a result, fruits such as peaches and pears are in fact related, although they are different at first sight.
因此，儘管桃子和梨子乍看起來是不同的，但事實上它們是有關聯的。
as a result意爲“結果是，作爲結果”，其後引出結果，表示前後句之間的因果關係。有時需要用as a result of 短語進行轉換，of後接原因。
［例］
was raining heavily. As a result, the match had to be put off.
=As a result of the heavy rain, the match had to be put off. 由於這場大雨，比賽被迫取消。
accident resulted in the death of two people. 這場意外事故造成兩人死亡。
Success results form hard work. 成功來自努力。
［聯想］result in造成，result form由……造成。
5. Darwin counted 225 flowering plants, of which he collected and brought home 193.
達爾文發現了225種開花的植物，其中他收集了193種。並把它們帶回了國。
定語從句中"of＋which/whom"結構表示整體與部分的關係，介詞of前或後加名詞、代詞、數詞、複雜介詞（如in front of）、形容詞最高級等。
［例］The child was saved by a man, the name of whom was not known. 這個孩子被一位不知姓名的男子所救。
China has many Rivers, the longest of which is the Yangtze River. 中國有衆多河流，最長的是長江。
