hot spot

hot spot — 片語

1. a place where many people go because it offers exciting or enjoyable things to d

1.片語B1
釋義

熱門景點

受歡迎、時髦的去處

a place where many people go because it offers exciting or enjoyable things to do, such as good food, music, or nightlife

例句

The new rooftop bar is a popular hot spot for young professionals after work.

台北這間新的頂樓酒吧成了年輕上班族下班後愛去的熱門景點。

hot spot for [activity]

The beach near Hamza's town is a hot spot for surfers and sunbathers all summer.

Mira 和朋友們發現了一個安靜的海灘熱門景點，很少有觀光客知道這個地方。

hot spot for [group]

同義詞
  • destination

    broader — any place worth visiting, not necessarily trendy

  • hub

    suggests a centre of activity or connection

  • hangout

    informal, more casual than 'hot spot'

反義詞
  • backwater

    a quiet, isolated place with little activity

文法句型

hot spot for [activity]

用法筆記

Often followed by 'for' + a noun describing the activity that draws people (e.g., 'hot spot for dining', 'hot spot for shopping').

常見錯誤

❌The restaurant is a hot spot for eat good food.
✅The restaurant is a hot spot for good food.
💡'for' is followed by a noun phrase, not a verb clause.
❌This café is hot spot.
✅This café is a hot spot.
💡'hot spot' is a countable noun and needs an article.

2. a region or city where there is ongoing fighting, political violence, or serious

2.片語B2
釋義

衝突熱點

戰亂或動盪的危險地區

a region or city where there is ongoing fighting, political violence, or serious danger, especially in a military or conflict context

例句

The UN sent peacekeepers to the city after it became a conflict hot spot with daily gun battles.

聯合國派遣維和部隊前往該國東部多個衝突熱點地區。

conflict hot spot

Sayaka's news crew was sent to the border hot spot where fighting had broken out overnight.

記者冒著生命危險在每天發生戰爭和內亂的衝突熱點進行報導。

sent to [location] hot spot

同義詞
  • flashpoint

    a place where conflict is most likely to erupt suddenly

  • trouble spot

    slightly less formal, same core meaning

反義詞
  • safe zone

    an area protected from conflict

  • haven

    a place of safety and peace

文法句型

hot spot of [conflict]

用法筆記

Common in news reporting and political analysis. Often used with modifiers such as 'conflict', 'military', 'war', or 'violence' before 'hot spot'.

常見錯誤

❌The city is hot spot of war.
✅The city is a hot spot of war.
💡'hot spot' is countable and needs 'a'.
❌The region is a hot spot for conflict.' (ambiguous)
✅The region is a conflict hot spot.
💡when referring to danger, the modifier usually comes before 'hot spot'.

3. a public place or a small electronic device that lets people connect to the inte

3.片語A2
釋義

無線上網點

可連網的公共場所或裝置

a public place or a small electronic device that lets people connect to the internet using a wireless signal

例句

Eri found a free Wi-Fi hot spot at the library and finished her homework online.

Eri 在圖書館找到了一個免費的 Wi-Fi 熱點，讓她可以上網完成作業。

free Wi-Fi hot spot

The café near the station has a reliable hot spot that works when busy.

車站附近那間咖啡館的無線上網點很穩定，即使有很多客人同時使用也沒問題。

reliable hot spot

同義詞
  • Wi-Fi zone

    emphasises the coverage area rather than the connection point

  • access point

    more technical, used for fixed network hardware

文法句型

hot spot with [feature]

用法筆記

Can refer to a physical location (café, airport) or a portable device (mobile hotspot). When referring to a smartphone feature, 'personal hot spot' is the common term.

常見錯誤

❌I need a hot spot to connect the Wi-Fi.
✅I need a hot spot to connect to the internet.
💡'hot spot' provides Wi-Fi; you don't connect to Wi-Fi through it — you connect to the internet through it.
❌I turned on my hot spot for share files.
✅I turned on my hot spot to share files.
💡use 'to' + infinitive to express purpose.

4. a fixed area deep within the earth where extremely hot rock rises from the mantl

4.片語C1
釋義

地函熱點

地函高溫岩漿上升處

a fixed area deep within the earth where extremely hot rock rises from the mantle, sometimes breaking through the crust and creating volcanoes or islands

例句

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a volcanic hot spot under the Pacific tectonic plate.

夏威夷群島是由太平洋板塊下方的一處火山地函熱點形成的。

volcanic hot spot under [tectonic plate]

Dr. Park has been studying the volcanic hot spot under Iceland to understand how magma rises through the crust.

Park 博士一直在研究冰島下方的火山地函熱點，以了解岩漿如何穿過地殼上升。

study hot spots

同義詞
  • mantle plume

    the column of rising hot rock from the mantle; more technical than 'hot spot'

文法句型

hot spot under [location]

用法筆記

A technical geology term. Unlike volcanoes at plate boundaries, hot-spot volcanoes form in the middle of tectonic plates. The Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain is a classic example.

常見錯誤

❌The volcano is a hot spot.
✅The volcano sits above a hot spot.
💡the hot spot is the magma source beneath the crust, not the volcano itself.
❌Hot spots move with the tectonic plate.
✅Hot spots stay in a fixed position while the tectonic plate moves above them.

5. a place where a specific kind of thing — such as a type of business, animal, or

5.片語B2
釋義

熱區

某事物高度集中的區域

a place where a specific kind of thing — such as a type of business, animal, or problem — occurs in much higher numbers than in surrounding areas

例句

The coastal wetlands are a hot spot for rare birds that migrate through each spring.

這片沿海濕地是稀有鳥類的熱區，每年春天都有鳥類遷徙經過這裡。

hot spot for [species]

Taipei has become a hot spot for tech startups, with dozens opening each year.

台北已成為科技新創公司的熱區，每年都有數十家新公司開業。

hot spot for [industry]

同義詞
  • centre

    more general; a hub of activity without the 'unusually high' implication

  • epicentre

    suggests the highest point of concentration

文法句型

hot spot of [noun]

用法筆記

Often used with 'biodiversity' to describe an area with a high number of unique species. Can also describe crime ('crime hot spot'), business activity, or pollution.

常見錯誤

❌The city is a hot spot of crime and pollution and traffic.
✅The city is a hot spot for crime.
💡keep the focus on one type of concentration per use.

6. a painful, moist, red area on a dog's skin that becomes inflamed and infected, o

6.片語C1
釋義

皮膚紅腫

狗的皮膚紅腫發炎部位

a painful, moist, red area on a dog's skin that becomes inflamed and infected, often because the dog keeps licking or scratching the same spot

例句

After the hike, Rohan found a hot spot on his dog's leg from a tick.

健行結束後，Rohan 發現他的狗腿上長了一塊皮膚紅腫，是被壁蝨咬傷引起的。

hot spot on [body part]

The vet shaved the fur around the hot spot and applied medicine to treat it.

獸醫剃掉皮膚紅腫周圍的毛，然後塗上藥膏治療。

同義詞

文法句型

hot spot on [body part]

用法筆記

Also called 'acute moist dermatitis' in veterinary medicine. Extremely common in dogs with thick coats (Golden Retrievers, Labradors, German Shepherds) during hot or humid weather.

常見錯誤

❌My dog got a hot spot on its skin.
✅My dog developed a hot spot on its leg.
💡'develop' is more natural than 'get' for skin conditions.

7. an area or community where cases of a particular illness spike far above expecte

7.片語C1
釋義

疫情熱區

疾病發生率異常高的地區

an area or community where cases of a particular illness spike far above expected levels, usually prompting health authorities to respond

例句

Health officials called the market a cholera hot spot after dozens fell ill.

衛生官員將該市場列為霍亂疫情熱區，因為有數十人發病。

identified [area] as a [disease] hot spot

The government sent medical supplies to rural hot spots where malaria had tripled over summer.

政府向疫情熱區的農村地區運送了醫療物資，因為當地瘧疾病例在夏季增加了三倍。

medical supplies to hot spots

同義詞
  • epicentre

    suggests the very centre of an outbreak

  • cluster

    more general; a group of cases without the geographic emphasis

  • outbreak area

    more general term for a disease-affected region

文法句型

hot spot of [disease]

用法筆記

Widely used in public health reporting. Often appears with modifiers like 'Covid-19 hot spot', 'malaria hot spot', 'diabetes hot spot'. Can be used for both infectious and non-infectious diseases.

常見錯誤

❌This town is a hot spot of disease.
✅This town has become a hot spot for dengue fever.
💡specifying the disease makes the statement clearer and more accurate.

8. a specific region within a DNA or chromosome sequence where mutations or genetic

8.片語C2
釋義

基因突變點

DNA中突變率高的區域

a specific region within a DNA or chromosome sequence where mutations or genetic changes occur at a much higher rate than elsewhere

例句

Dr. Akinwande found a hot spot in the BRCA2 gene where mutations cause breast cancer.

Akinwande 博士在 BRCA2 基因中發現了一個突變熱點，此處的突變會導致乳癌。

hot spot in the gene

Lab technicians found hot spots in the liver cell DNA where errors happen during cell division.

實驗室技術人員在肝細胞 DNA 中發現了熱點，這些位置在細胞分裂時容易出錯。

hot spots in DNA

同義詞
反義詞
  • cold spot

    a region with unusually low mutation frequency

文法句型

hot spot in [genetic material]

用法筆記

Common in molecular biology papers. 'Genetic hot spot' and 'mutation hot spot' are used interchangeably. These regions are important in cancer research and evolutionary biology.

常見錯誤

❌The hot spot changes the gene.
✅Mutations at the hot spot can change the gene's function.
💡the hot spot is the location where changes occur, not the change itself.