If something is archetypal, it is such a clear example of a type that it seems to carry all the important pieces of that type. An archetypal detective in a story notices small things and solves the case — not because every detective is like that, but because that picture is the pattern people measure others against.

If something is archetypal如果某樣東西是archetypal典型的 it is such a clear example of a type代表它是那一類東西中如此清楚的例子 that it seems to carry all the important pieces of that type好像把那一類重要的元素都包含了 An archetypal detective in a story故事裡archetypal的偵探 notices small things and solves the case會注意小細節、破解案件 not because every detective is like that不是因為每個偵探都這樣 but because that picture is the pattern people measure others against而是因為這個形象就是大家用來衡量其他偵探的標準

The word is a little formal; in easy talk people often say typical or classic instead. Though actually typical is weaker: a typical Monday is only usual, while an archetypal hero is the model of that kind of hero.

The word is a little formal這個字有點正式 in easy talk people often say typical or classic instead平常說話大家常常改說typical或classic Though actually typical is weaker不過其實typical的語氣比較弱 a typical Monday is only usual一個typical的星期一只是普通 while an archetypal hero而archetypal的英雄 is the model of that kind of hero則是那種英雄的典範

Psychologists and literature teachers also use it, from the noun archetype, for deep patterns in stories and in the mind; in class you can treat that as the same idea, only more abstract. It describes a thing or a person; it is not itself a job or a title.

Psychologists and literature teachers also use it心理學家和文學老師也會用這個字 from the noun archetype源自名詞archetype原型 for deep patterns in stories and in the mind指故事和心裡深層的模式 in class you can treat that as the same idea在課堂上可以把它當作同一個概念 only more abstract只是更抽象 It describes a thing or a person它是用來形容一件事或一個人的 it is not itself a job or a title本身不是一份工作或頭銜