核心畫面

You can think of aware as a kind of inner light that is switched on toward something: your senses or your mind have 'caught' it and it is now registering. Most basic is the raw version — you feel the cold, hear the noise, smell the smoke — something has reached you and you know it is there.

可以想成「心裡有一盞燈,朝著某件事亮著」——這件事已經被你的感官或腦子「接收」到了,正在你心裡登記著。最素樸的版本就更多收起可以想成「心裡有一盞燈,朝著某件事亮著」——這件事已經被你的感官或腦子「接收」到了,正在你心裡登記著。最素樸的版本就是:你感覺到冷、聽到聲音、聞到煙味,某個東西已經傳到你這裡,你知道它在那裡。從這個「接收到、亮著」的畫面,往上可以延伸成「知道某事為真」,再延伸成「對周遭瞭如指掌、隨時留意」。

Three branches

感官察覺到

這是核心畫面最直接的一支:燈亮著,是因為感官接到了訊號。

sensing, perceiving · adjective · B2

Noticing something because you can see, hear, feel, or smell it.

察覺 / 感覺到

心裡知道為真

把「感官接到」抽象成「腦子接到」:燈照的不再是氣味聲音,而是一個事實或狀況。

aware, knowing · adjective · B2

Knowing that something is true or that a situation exists.

知道 / 意識到

對周遭很有意識

燈不只亮著,而且亮得很廣、很持續:對周圍正在發生的事都看得清、隨時留意。

socially aware, perceptive · adjective · B2

Understanding a lot about what is happening around you and paying careful attention to it.

有意識的 / 有概念的

原始詞典資料3 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。

awareadj/əˈwɛə/

  • 1

    Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

    • Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.
  • 2

    Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.

    • Are you aware of what is being said about you?
    • Gotta get going. I wasn’t aware that it was already so late.

awareverb/əˈwɛə/

  • 1

    To make (someone) aware of something.

    • Conſcience is the director of all our actions, and diſcriminates them all, with the intentions of our hearts; awares us of the crime of the one, and the virtue of the other.

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