核心畫面

You can picture the moment of joining: you take one thing and put it together with another, and now there is more than before. Everything else 'addition' means grows out of that simple act of one-more-on-top.

可以想成「把一個東西放到另一個東西旁邊、加上去」的那一刻:本來只有這些,現在多了一份。addition 的各種意思,更多收起可以想成「把一個東西放到另一個東西旁邊、加上去」的那一刻:本來只有這些,現在多了一份。addition 的各種意思,都是從這個「再添一個、變多了」的動作長出來的。

From the picture

被加進來的那一個

既然 addition 是「加上去」,那被加上去的那樣東西,本身也可以叫 an addition——動作的結果,化成了一個具體的人或物。

something added to improve it · noun · B2

A thing that is added to something else, often to make it better.

新加入的人事物

說話時再添一句

把「加上去」從實物搬到談話裡:講完一件事,再添一條訊息,就用 in addition 接上。

in addition · noun · B2

Used to bring in one more piece of information, on top of what you just said.

此外

Also in this word

the act of adding one thing to another · noun · B2

The act of putting one thing together with another thing.

加入

addition (arithmetic) · noun · B2

The math of putting numbers together to find a total.

加法

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

additionnoun/əˈdɪʃ.ən/

  • 1

    The act of adding anything.

    • The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
  • 2

    Anything that is added.

  • 3

    arithmeticThe arithmetic operation of adding.

  • 4

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

  • 5

    lawA title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.

    • […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]
  • 6

    governmentheraldryhobbiesSomething added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.

  • 7

    chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistryan organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。