核心畫面

Picture the person whose job is to make an arrangement actually run: the money goes where it should, the test gets held on the right day, the dose reaches the patient. Administer is doing something in that official capacity — not deciding it, but carrying it out properly.

可以想成:有人負責讓一套安排真的運轉起來——錢流到該去的地方、考試在該考的那天舉行、藥送到病人身上。administ更多收起可以想成:有人負責讓一套安排真的運轉起來——錢流到該去的地方、考試在該考的那天舉行、藥送到病人身上。administer 就是以職務身分去執行這件事:不是做決定的人,而是把它照規矩辦好的人。

From the picture

給藥

把同一個「照規定執行」用在醫療上:劑量、時間、途徑都有規範,醫護人員按規範把藥送進病人身上。所以這裡不是隨手給,而是一個有程序的動作。

give medicine · verb · B2

To treat a patient by giving them medicine or other medical care.

給藥;施用

Also in this word

manage; run · verb · B2

To be officially in charge of a company's or group's business affairs or money.

管理;掌管

carry out officially · verb · B2

To officially give or carry out something such as a test, an oath, or the law.

執行;施行

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。

administerverb/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stə/

  • 1

    To apportion out, distribute.

    • [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
    • Justice was administered between man and man with an exactness and purity not before known.
  • 2

    To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

    • For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.
    • Located in the northwestern side of the Black Sea, Snake Island, or called ostriv Zmiyinyy in Ukrainian and Insula Serpilor in Romanian, is currently administered by Ukraine but claimed by Romania.
  • 3

    To minister (to).

    • administering to the sick
    • A fountain […] administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
  • 4

    lawTo settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

  • 5

    To give, as an oath.

    • Swear […] to keep the oath that we administer.
  • 6

    medicinesciencesTo give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.

    • We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
  • 7

    medicinesciencesTo cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.

    • A noxious drug had been administered to him.

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