Language Point 23
For teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student's author-ship is authentic. (Para. 9)
figure out: understand (something or someone) with difficulty
Can you figure out this word?
你能理解這詞的含義嗎？
The map was very complicated. I could not figure it out.
那張地圖太復(fù)雜，我看不懂。
No one can figure out how the fire started.
沒人能知道這火是怎么引起的。
We figured out a way to save money on travel costs.
我們想出了一個節(jié)省旅游開支的辦法。
author: writer
Shakespeare is the author of Hamlet.
《哈姆雷特》的作者是莎士比亞。
authentic: a. known to be real; genuine
We saw an authentic letter written by Shakespeare.
我們見過一封莎士比亞的親筆信。
Many people cannot tell the difference between an authentic, Chinese carpet made by hand and one made in a factory.
許多人難以區(qū)分真正的手工編織的中國地毯和工廠生產(chǎn)的地毯。