英語六級(jí)-攻克閱讀關(guān)鍵句106. Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychol

106. Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models.

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阿什比·普蘭特是幾名利用奧巴馬的候選資格來測(cè)試關(guān)于楷模力量的假說的心理學(xué)家之一。

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本句的主干是Ashby Plant is one of...psychologists...。who引導(dǎo)的是psychologists的定語從句，其中to test hypotheses about the power of role models為目的狀語，介詞短語about...是hypotheses的后置定語。
a number of的意思是“若干，一些”。如：
He has written a number of articles for that magazine. 他為那本雜志寫過幾篇文章。
seize on的意思是“抓?。衫玫氖挛铮?；突然大為關(guān)注”。如：
She seized on the excuse to get out of the practice. 她利用那個(gè)借口逃避練習(xí)。
candidacy的意思是“候選人的資格（或身份）”。如：
The board withdrew his candidacy for that post. 董事會(huì)取消了他那個(gè)職位的候選人資格。

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動(dòng)詞seize還常見于以下短語搭配之中：
seize a chance/opportunity (with both hands)意為“抓住機(jī)會(huì)/機(jī)遇”。如：
They've seized a chance to launch the project. 他們抓住了啟動(dòng)那個(gè)項(xiàng)目的機(jī)會(huì)。
be seized with terror/desire意為“突然感到恐懼/受到欲望的支配”。如：
I was seized with a sudden desire to cry. 我突然很想哭。
seize up意為“發(fā)生故障；身體僵硬”。如：
The machine suddenly seized up. 機(jī)器突然發(fā)生故障了。
It's so cold that my body seized up. 太冷了，我的身體都凍僵了。