核心畫面

One way to hold this word is a punch that lands on the torso, not on the head. Nothing dramatic happens. There is no mark and nobody falls down. But the air goes out of the other person, and two rounds later their legs are gone. That slow, quiet kind of damage is what the word carries wherever it goes.

可以想成一記打在軀幹、而不是打在頭上的重拳。當下看起來不誇張。沒有傷口,也沒有人倒下。可是對方的那口氣被打散了,再過更多收起可以想成一記打在軀幹、而不是打在頭上的重拳。當下看起來不誇張。沒有傷口,也沒有人倒下。可是對方的那口氣被打散了,再過兩回合腿就撐不住。這種安靜、慢慢累積的傷害,就是這個詞走到哪裡都帶著的東西。

Two branches

打在身體上的那一拳

字面用法,畫面本身。

noun · C1

A hard punch that lands on the part of the body between the neck and the waist, rather than on the head. It is mostly a boxing word.

打在身體上的重拳

把計畫打得喘不過氣的壞消息

同一拳,落在計畫或希望上,而不是落在人身上。

noun · C1

A serious loss, disappointment or defeat that badly damages something you were hoping for or working towards.

重大打擊