4. An education researcher indicated that the more frequently children are_______，the more likely they are to have symptoms of depression or anxiety.
(A) skewed
(B) synthesized
(C) spanked
(D) speculated

An education researcher indicated that the more frequently children are spanked，the more likely they are to have symptoms of depression or anxiety.

一位教育研究人員表示，孩子被打的越頻繁，他們就越有可能出現抑鬱或焦慮的症狀。

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英文單字解說：

1. skewed (adj).

=> not accurate or exact 不準確的，不確切的

例句：Maybe your world view is a little skewed. 也許你對世界的認知有點不準確。 

=> not straight 不直的；不直接了當的

例句：Her smile is slightly skewed. 他的微笑有點讓人琢磨不透。

2. synthesized (v) To produce a substance by a chemical reaction in plants or animals 合成

例句：There are many vitamins that the body cannot synthesize itself. 有很多維他命是人體無法自己合成的。

3. spanked 

動詞原型spank (v).

=>To hit a child with the hand, usually several times on the bottom as a punishment （用手）打（小孩）的屁股

=>To hit an adult on the bottom in order to get or give sexual pleasure 拍（成年人）的屁股以示挑逗

 4. speculated

動詞原型 speculate (v) 

=>To guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain 猜測；推測，推斷

例句1：I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating. 我不知道她爲甚麽那麽做——我只是猜測。

例句2: A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash. 一位發言人拒絕就火車相撞事件的原因作出推測。

例句3: Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut. 記者們在猜測是否會降息。

例句4: [ + that ] The newspapers have speculated that they will get married next year. 報紙猜測他們明年會結婚。

=> To buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit 投機，做投機買賣

例句1: He made his money speculating on the London gold and silver markets. 他在倫敦黃金市場和白銀市場上做投機生意賺了錢。

例句2: The company has been speculating in property for years. 這家公司做房地産投機生意已經有好幾年了。

synthesize  合成