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“Before the Flood” (2016)
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet. (IMDB)
Photo courtesy of National Geographic / 照片：National Geographic提供
Manipulate 操控
李奧納多說，過去兩年間他曾在北京感受到重工業霾害的威力、目睹加拿大寒帶森林遭夷為平地、印尼雨林被炙火燒盡，以及北極冰河大量融化等駭人場景，呼籲各國代表必須即刻行動（take action），阻止化石燃料公司操控政府及持續汙染，並作了以下的震撼結尾：
No more allowing the fossil fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies that affect our future. This is the only body that can do what is needed. You, sitting in this very hall.
（不能再任由這些化石燃料公司任意操弄與支配將影響全人類未來的科學與政策。這個聯合國會堂是唯一能夠採取所需行動的組織。就是你，在這會堂中的每一份子。）
Manipulate為「操控」之意，與另一個常考動詞maneuver有時可相互替換，但用法上卻有所差異。當用於帶有負面意義，表示「計劃性地操弄某人（事）以達到某種目的」時，便可以互相通用。 例如：
His colleagues are trying to manipulate / maneuver him into betraying his supervisor.
（他的同事們想控制他，好讓他做背叛主管的事。）
Maneuver
但若純粹指「操控」物件時，用法上則略有不同。manipulate所操作的物件可以是「工具、裝置或是抽象的數據、資料」等，例：
The program is designed to manipulate a large amount of data.
（這個程式是專門用來操控大量數據的。）
而maneuver所接的物件則必須是實體、非抽象的物件，且是「需要特殊技巧操作機械、車輛等」，例：
The driver is able to maneuver big trucks comfortably in narrow streets.
（這位駕駛有辦法在狹小巷弄間開大卡車。）
牛刀小試
Q: As part of the experiment, researchers ____________ the temperature of the sample to see how it affected the result.
(A) manifested
(B) manipulated
(C) magnified
(D) maneuvered
解析：
正解為(B)。題意為「在實驗中，研究人員控制樣本溫度以觀察它會如何影響實驗結果。」選項(A)為證實、(C)為放大，皆與句意不符。而在此句意中如文章所提及，manipulate可指操控抽象的物件，而maneuver僅能接實體的機械、車輛等物件，因此答案為(B)。
SOURCE: https://www.toeic.com.tw/info/article/toeic-power/news/
文章由TOEIC Program Taiwan · Chun Shin提供：
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