106. Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models.
譯文
阿什比·普蘭特是幾名利用奧巴馬的候選資格來測試關(guān)于楷模力量的假說的心理學(xué)家之一。
點(diǎn)睛
本句的主干是Ashby Plant is one of...psychologists...。who引導(dǎo)的是psychologists的定語從句，其中to test hypotheses about the power of role models為目的狀語，介詞短語about...是hypotheses的后置定語。
a number of的意思是“若干，一些”。如：
He has written a number of articles for that magazine. 他為那本雜志寫過幾篇文章。
seize on的意思是“抓?。衫玫氖挛铮?；突然大為關(guān)注”。如：
She seized on the excuse to get out of the practice. 她利用那個(gè)借口逃避練習(xí)。
candidacy的意思是“候選人的資格（或身份）”。如：
The board withdrew his candidacy for that post. 董事會(huì)取消了他那個(gè)職位的候選人資格。
考點(diǎn)歸納
動(dòng)詞seize還常見于以下短語搭配之中：
seize a chance/opportunity (with both hands)意為“抓住機(jī)會(huì)/機(jī)遇”。如：
They've seized a chance to launch the project. 他們抓住了啟動(dòng)那個(gè)項(xiàng)目的機(jī)會(huì)。
be seized with terror/desire意為“突然感到恐懼/受到欲望的支配”。如：
I was seized with a sudden desire to cry. 我突然很想哭。
seize up意為“發(fā)生故障；身體僵硬”。如：
The machine suddenly seized up. 機(jī)器突然發(fā)生故障了。
It's so cold that my body seized up. 太冷了，我的身體都凍僵了。
