collector學測 L5KK [kəˈlɛktɚ]/kəˈlɛktɚ/
收藏家;蒐集者·收費員;收稅員
學測愛考職業字彙,辨義項是關鍵
You could be a collector of coins, or a collector who knocks on doors for unpaid bills.

你可能是收藏硬幣的收藏家,也可能是挨家挨戶催討欠款的收費員。

同一個字,可以是收藏家手裡的稀世珍寶,也可以是收費員手中的催繳單。

一個畫面:伸手收攏

廣蒐珍藏把喜愛的物品一件件收集齊全
登門收款一家一家按門鈴收取欠款
越收越多不管收東西還是收錢,都越積越多

義項

硬幣收藏B2noun收藏家;蒐集者
Andy is a coin collector, and he keeps every coin in a small box.
安迪是硬幣收藏家,把每一枚硬幣都收在一個小盒子裡。
a stamp collectora coin collector
挨家收款B2noun收費員;收稅員
The collector went from door to door and asked for the rent money.
收費員一家一家按門鈴,收取房租。
a rent collectora tax collector

片語

stamp collector郵冊排列 →集郵愛好者
rent collector按門鈴收租 →收房租的人
collector's item值得珍藏 →值得收藏的稀有物

你會不會這樣說?

Andy has a large stamp ___. (collection / collector)

看答案

collection

collector 指人;collection 指物。

'The collector went from door to door and asked for the rent money.' 這裡的 collector 是指?(A) 收藏家 (B) 收費員

看答案

(B)

此句描述上門收租,對應收費員義項。

字族

collect 收集;收取・collection 收藏品;收集・collectible 值得收藏的

順路看看

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

展覽籌備
The exhibition coordinator asked a stamp collector to lend several albums for the display.
展覽統籌請一位集郵收藏家借出幾本集郵冊供展出。
物業管理
The rent collector visited the property management office on Tuesday.
收租員週二到訪了物業管理辦公室。

詞族

collect verb 蒐集;收取・collection noun 蒐集;收藏品・collector noun 收藏家;收費員

四選一

The museum invited a stamp ____ to discuss how she stores rare stamps.

  • collector
  • collection
  • collect
  • collected
看答案

collector

受邀者會分享自己保存郵票的方法,因此需要表示人的 collector。collection 指收藏品或蒐集行為,不能對應此處的 she;collect 是原形動詞;collected 是過去式或過去分詞,均不適合這個指人的名詞位置。

同義改寫

The exhibition coordinator asked a stamp collector to lend several albums for the display. → The exhibition coordinator asked a person who collects stamps to lend several albums for the display.
a stamp collector 與 a person who collects stamps 都指蒐集郵票的人,借展的請求也保持一致。
The rent collector visited the property management office on Tuesday. → The person whose job is to collect rent visited the property management office on Tuesday.
將 rent collector 展開為以收租為工作的人,保留職務、到訪地點與時間。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤