EN: The present perfect tense ('has died', 'has led') is used here to report recent news events that have direct relevance or impact on the present situation.
中文: 現在完成式(has died、has led)在此處用於報導剛發生的新聞事件,強調過去發生的事情對當前情況具有直接關聯或重大影響。
Heavy rain has caused flooding across the southern region.
豪雨已導致南部地區多處淹水。
EN: The phrasal verb 'lead to' means to cause something to happen or result in a particular outcome. It is followed by a noun or noun phrase.
中文: 片語動詞「lead to」意為「導致、引發」,後方接名詞或名詞片語作為結果。
The investigation has led to several unexpected discoveries.
這項調查引發了幾項意想不到的發現。
EN: In the UK, tragic cases involving youth and social media algorithms often lead to intense public debate and regulatory scrutiny, accelerating legislative actions such as the Online Safety Act.
中文: 在英國,涉及青少年與社群媒體演算法的悲劇事件往往會引發強烈的公眾討論與監管審查,進一步推動如《線上安全法》(Online Safety Act)等相關法規的修訂與執行。
EN: A non-defining relative clause is introduced by 'who' and set off by commas. It provides extra, non-essential information about a specific person ('Adriana Retyte') without altering the main clause structure.
中文: 非限定關係子句:由關係代名詞「who」引導,前後使用逗號與主句隔開。此結構用於對已知或特定的先行詞(此處為「阿德莉安娜·雷蒂特」)提供補充說明,拿掉後主句依然完整成立。
David, who recently joined our team, won the employee of the month award.
最近剛加入我們團隊的大衛贏得了本月最佳員工獎。
EN: The preposition 'after' is followed by a gerund (-ing form), functioning as an adverbial phrase of time to describe an action occurring prior to the main clause event.
中文: 介系詞後接動名詞:介系詞「after」後面必須接名詞或動名詞(V-ing),在此構成表示時間的副詞片語,說明主要子句動作發生前的背景行動。
She felt much better after taking the medicine.
她在服藥後感覺好多了。
EN: In journalistic English, the phrase 'took her own life' is standard, respectful reporting language preferred over 'committed suicide'. The latter carries historical connotations of crime or sin, whereas modern media guidelines prioritize sensitive reporting around mental health and youth tragedy.
中文: 在英語新聞報導中,常用「took one's own life」(結束自己的生命)來替代傳統的「committed suicide」(自殺)。因為「commit」常用於犯罪行為(如 commit a crime),現代媒體指南建議採用更中立、尊重的用詞以報導心理健康與青少年悲劇事件。
EN: The past perfect tense ('had watched') is used here to show an action completed before another past event ('found').
中文: 過去完成式(had watched)用於表示在過去某個事件(found,發現)之前就已經發生的動作。
Police discovered that the suspect had left the country hours earlier.
警方發現嫌疑人早在數小時前就已經出境了。
EN: The past participle phrase 'related to suicide' acts as a post-modifier (reduced relative clause), modifying the preceding nouns 'videos and images'.
中文: 過去分詞片語「related to suicide」作為後置修飾語(簡化自關係子句 which were related to...),用來修飾前面的名詞「videos and images」。
Doctors warned about risks related to smoking.
醫生警告了與抽煙相關的風險。
EN: In the UK legal system, a 'coroner' is an independent judicial officer who investigates sudden, violent, or unnatural deaths. An 'inquest' led by a coroner aims to determine who died, and how, when, and where they died, often making formal recommendations to prevent future deaths.
中文: 在英國法律制度中,「coroner」(驗屍官/死因裁判官)是一名獨立司法官員,負責調查突然、暴力或非自然原因的死亡案件。由驗屍官主持的死因研訊(inquest)旨在查明死者身分以及死亡的時間、地點與死因,並常提出正式預防建議以避免悲劇重演。
EN: The modal structure 'may have + past participle' expresses a possibility about a past action or event, indicating that something possibly happened, though it is not completely certain.
中文: 情態助動詞結構「may have + 過去分詞」用來表達對過去事件的推測或可能性,表示「過去可能已經……」,帶有一種不完全確定的推斷語氣。
Poor communication may have caused the misunderstanding between the two teams.
溝通不良可能導致了這兩組之間的誤會。
EN: The idiom 'play a part/role in something' means to be involved in something or to be one of the causes of an outcome. The adjective 'significant' modifies 'part' to indicate a large or important contribution.
中文: 片語「play a part in something」意為「在某事中扮演角色、對某事起到作用或造成影響」。此處加入形容詞「significant」(重大的)修飾「part」,表示「起了重大作用/有重要影響」。
Regular exercise plays an important part in maintaining mental health.
規律運動在維持心理健康方面扮演著重要角色。
EN: In the UK legal system, a 'coroner' is an independent judicial officer responsible for investigating deaths that are sudden, unexplained, or violent, such as suicides, through a formal legal inquiry known as an inquest.
中文: 在英國法律制度中,「coroner」(驗屍官/死因裁判官)是獨立的司法官員,專門主持死因研訊(inquest),針對突然、非自然或原因不明的死亡(例如自殺)進行正式調查,以確定死因及相關因素。
EN: The reporting verb 'said' introduces an indirect speech clause where the conjunction 'that' is omitted (TikTok said [that] it shares...). In news reporting, present tense ('shares', 'has') is often kept inside the reported clause to emphasize that the statement or policy is still currently true.
中文: 轉述動詞「said」後方引導名詞子句(間接引語),此處省略了連接詞「that」(即 TikTok said [that] it shares...)。在新聞報導中,子句使用現在式(shares, has)以強調該聲明或規定至今仍然有效。
The company stated it takes customer privacy very seriously.
該公司聲明表示他們非常重視用戶的隱私。
EN: The conjunction 'and' connects two parallel verb phrases within the noun clause: 'shares its deepest sympathies with the family' and 'has strict rules against self-harm content'. Both share the subject pronoun 'it'.
中文: 對等連接詞「and」在名詞子句內連接了兩個平行的動詞短語:「shares its deepest sympathies...」與「has strict rules...」,兩者共用代名詞主詞「it」。
The school offers free tutoring and provides mental health counseling.
這所學校提供免費課業輔導,並提供心理健康諮詢。
EN: The phrase 'shares its deepest sympathies with [someone]' is standard formal corporate PR language used when responding publicly to tragic events or fatalities linked to a company's product or service. Using the plural 'sympathies' is standard for expressing condolences.
中文: 片語「shares its deepest sympathies with [someone]」是西方企業公關(PR)在回應與自身產品或服務相關的悲劇事件時所慣用的標準正式措辭。使用複數形態「sympathies」為正式表達哀悼與慰問的固定用法。
EN: A noun clause functioning as the direct object of a reporting verb ('said'). The conjunction 'that' introduces the subordinate clause indicating what was said. Notice that the verb in the clause ('uses') uses the simple present tense to express a general, ongoing practice or habit, even though the reporting verb is in the past tense ('said').
中文: 名詞子句(Noun Clause)作為轉述動詞(said)的受詞。由連接詞「that」引導子句,表達所說的內容。值得注意的是,轉述動詞雖為過去式(said),子句動詞(uses)卻使用現在簡單式,表示這是該公司目前仍在持續實施的常態政策或作法。
The school stated that it takes student safety very seriously.
學校表示非常重視學生的安全。
EN: An infinitive of purpose ('to find and remove') followed by a restrictive relative clause ('which break its rules'). The infinitive explains the purpose of using the technology, while 'which' introduces essential identifying information about the noun 'videos'.
中文: 不定詞表目的(to find and remove)與限制性關係子句(which break its rules)。不定詞片語說明使用先進技術的目的;關係代名詞「which」則引導關係子句修飾受詞「videos」,限定指出是「哪些」影片會被移除。
We installed filters to block emails which contain suspicious links.
我們安裝了過濾器,以封鎖含有可疑連結的電子郵件。
EN: In technology and media corporate communications, companies frequently refer to automated content moderation systems as 'advanced technology' or 'AI tools' to reassure regulators and the public that they proactively manage harmful content on their platforms.
中文: 在科技與社群媒體公司的公關用語中,企業常使用「先進技術(advanced technology)」或「AI 工具」等詞彙,向監管機構與公眾保證其正積極監控並處理平台上的有害內容。
EN: The reporting verb 'tell' takes an indirect object (the person being told) followed directly by a 'that'-clause expressing the statement: 'tell + someone + that + clause'. Unlike 'say', 'tell' requires a person as an object without 'to'.
中文: 轉述動詞「tell」(告訴)後面接間接受詞(聆聽者),再接由「that」引導的名詞子句充當直接受詞,句型為「tell + 人 + that + 子句」。與「say」不同,使用「tell」時必須直接接受詞,不需要加介系詞「to」。
The manager told the team that the deadline had been extended.
經理告訴團隊截止日期已經延長了。
EN: An appositive noun phrase (here, 'Melanie Dawes') is placed next to another noun ('chief executive') to explain or identify it. Set off by commas, it provides non-essential supplementary information.
中文: 同位語(此處為「Melanie Dawes」)置於另一個名詞(「chief executive」)之後,用以補充說明其具體身分。由前後逗號隔開時,表示非限定的補充說明。
Our team leader, David Smith, presented the quarterly results.
我們的團隊負責人大衛·史密斯報告了季度成果。
EN: In the UK, Ofcom (Office of Communications) is the government-approved regulatory authority for broadcasting, telecommunications, and postal industries, and under recent legislation (the Online Safety Act), it oversees online platform safety.
中文: 在英國,英國通訊管理局(Ofcom)是負責監管廣播、電信及郵政產業的法定機構;依據近年的《線上安全法案》(Online Safety Act),Ofcom 也肩負監督社群網路平台安全與保護未成年人的重要職責。
EN: The sentence uses the Present Continuous Passive voice: 'are being urged'. Formed with 'be (am/is/are) + being + past participle', this structure emphasizes an ongoing action being done to the subject by an unspecified agent.
中文: 本句使用了「現在進行式被動語態」(Present Continuous Passive):結構為「be 動詞(am/is/are)+ being + 過去分詞(p.p.)」。此句型強調主詞目前「正持續被……」進行某個動作,通常用於新聞報導中呈現正在發生的輿論或施壓態勢。
New safety measures are being developed by the tech team.
技術團隊正在制定新的安全措施。
EN: The structure 'urge someone to do something' becomes 'be urged to do something' in the passive voice, followed by an infinitive verb ('to take') expressing the desired action.
中文: 主動語態為「urge someone to do something」(敦促某人做某事),轉換成被動語態時變為「be urged to do something」(被敦促去做某事),後面接不定詞片語(to take...)來表達被要求的具體行動。
Schools are urged to monitor online behavior more closely.
各學校被敦促更密切地監督網路行為。
EN: In media and politics, the term 'watchdog' refers to an independent regulatory body or organization that monitors companies, industries, or governments to prevent illegal or harmful activities. In the UK context, Ofcom serves as the communications watchdog responsible for regulating online safety.
中文: 在新聞與政治語境中,「watchdog」(字面為看門狗)常被引申指稱「監管機構」或「監督團體」,負責監督企業或政府運作以保障公眾利益。在英國,英國通訊管理局(Ofcom)即是負責監管廣播與網路安全的主要官方監管機構。
重要單字附有 IPA 發音、定義、例句和互動式測驗。
在本文中: 驗屍官,專門調查非自然死亡原因的官員
在本文中: 有害的,會造成身心傷害的
在本文中: 重大的,顯著的
在本文中: 同情,慰問(通常以複數形式 sympathies 用於致哀)
在本文中: (數位)平台,社交網絡系統
在本文中: 監督機構,監察組織
在本文中: 敦促,力勸
在本文中: (內容)審核,管理
片語包含類型標示、雙語定義、用法說明和例句。
to commit suicide; to kill oneself
自殺,結束自己的生命
to be involved in or to have an effect on something
對……起作用;在……中扮演角色
to violate established regulations or standards
違反規則,違規
the practice of monitoring, screening, and removing inappropriate or harmful user-generated material on digital platforms
內容審核