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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 su...

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。