把規則、方法、名稱套上去
貼上去的東西換成看不見的：一套方法、一條規定、一個稱呼。動作沒變，還是把 A 送到 B 上面，只是這次接觸發生在想法的層次。
apply, put into practice · verb · B1
to use a method, an idea, or a rule in a real situation.
運用；應用
核心畫面
Picture pressing one thing onto another until they are in contact: cream onto skin, a hand onto a brake pedal. That contact is the whole word. What gets brought into contact can also be a rule onto a case, a method onto a problem, a word onto a person, or yourself onto a task.
可以想成：把一樣東西按到另一樣上面，讓兩者接觸——藥膏抹上皮膚、腳踩上煞車。這個「貼上去、接觸到」就是這個字的全部。…更多收起
可以想成：把一樣東西按到另一樣上面，讓兩者接觸——藥膏抹上皮膚、腳踩上煞車。這個「貼上去、接觸到」就是這個字的全部。至於貼上去的東西，也可以是一條規定貼到一個案例上、一個方法貼到一個問題上、一個稱呼貼到一個人身上，或是把你自己貼到一件事上。From the word’s history
Apply is from Old French aploiier and Latin applicare 'attach to, join, connect', from ad- 'to' plus plicare 'to fold'. Etymonline gives the etymological sense as 'bring things in contact with one another'; the use for lotions and plasters placed in contact with the body is recorded in the early 15th century, and the sense 'seek a job by submitting an application' only from 1851.
apply 來自古法語 aploiier、拉丁文 applicare（貼上、接合），由 ad-（朝向）加 plicare（摺）組成，字源上的意思是「讓兩樣東西彼此接觸」。藥膏、敷料貼上身體的用法十五世紀初就有；而「投件求職」這個現在最常見的意思，遲至1851年才出現。所以「塗抹」和「申請」不是兩個不相干的意思，中間那條線是「把東西送過去貼上」。
Online Etymology Dictionary, entry 'apply' (etymonline.com/word/apply)
From the picture
把自己送過去
這次送過去的是你自己：把資料遞到一個職缺上，或把注意力整個壓在一件事上。從「東西貼上表面」到「人投向目標」，接觸的動作是一樣的。
apply, ask formally · verb · B1
to ask for something like a job, a place at a school, or official permission, usually by filling in a form or writing a letter.
申請
Also in this word
apply, spread on · verb · B1
to put or spread something like cream, paint, or glue onto a surface.
塗；敷
apply, press with force · verb · B1
to push on something with your hand or with another object.
施力；施加壓力
apply, press to start · verb · B1
to push or press part of a machine so that it starts to work.
踩下；按下（使其運作）
原始詞典資料11 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。
applyverb詞源 1/əˈplaɪ/
- 1
To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- to apply cream to a rash
- He said, and to the sword his throat applied.
- 2
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- to apply funds to the repayment of a debt
- 3
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.
- We need to apply the skills we’ve learned to solve this problem.
- Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
- 4
To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
- Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- 5
To work diligently and attentively.
- My parents say I could do well in school if I would apply myself.
- 6
To address oneself; to refer.
- sacred vows […] applied to grisly Pluto
- On applying to the assessors, I am surprised to learn that they cannot at once name a dozen in the town who own their farms free and clear.
- 7
To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.
- Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.
- 8
To pertain or be relevant.
- That rule only applies to foreigners.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteTo busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
- 10
obsoleteTo visit.
- His armour was so clear, And he applied each place so fast, that like a lightning thrown Out of the shield of Jupiter, in every eye he shone.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。