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Picture the act of laying or bringing one thing onto another so it does its work there — pressing a hand onto a surface, spreading cream onto skin. From this 'put X onto Y to act' image grow: putting a request before an office, putting a tool to a real use, putting effort onto a task, and a program put to a job.
可以想成「把一樣東西貼上、用到另一樣東西上面，讓它在那裡發揮作用」的動作——像把手按到桌面、把藥膏抹到皮膚上。從這個…更多收起
可以想成「把一樣東西貼上、用到另一樣東西上面，讓它在那裡發揮作用」的動作——像把手按到桌面、把藥膏抹到皮膚上。從這個『把 X 用到 Y 上去起作用』的畫面，可以長出好幾個意思：把請求遞到某個機構面前、把工具拿去派上實際用場、把心力投注到一件事上、以及一支被派去做某件工作的程式。原始詞典資料12 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。
applicationnoun/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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The act of physically applying or laying on.
- The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
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The substance applied.
- His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
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The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.
- What sets fiber lasers apart is their ability to mark (engrave) metal, which opens up a range of possibilities as a complement to woodworking. Brass nameplates for awards or plaques are an obvious application, but it goes further than that.
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The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
- The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- This application can connect to most social networks.
- Saeed straightened and held up his phone, directing its camera at the heavens, consulting an application that indicated the names of celestial bodies he did not know.
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A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
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lawA petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
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The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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Diligence; close thought or attention.
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A kind of needlework; appliqué.
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computingcomputing-theoryengineeringThe substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
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obsoleteCompliance.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。