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Picture yourself moving toward the spot where you (or the listener) already are, and carrying or leading something along with you, so it ends up here. Unlike 'take' (which moves things away from here), 'bring' always points the motion back toward this place. Everything else 'bring' does is this same arrow — toward you, toward now, toward a result — only the thing carried may be a feeling, a situation, or a total instead of an object.

可以想成：你朝著「你（或聽話的人）所在的這裡」走過來，手上帶著、或身後領著某個東西，讓它最後抵達這裡。和 take（…更多收起可以想成：你朝著「你（或聽話的人）所在的這裡」走過來，手上帶著、或身後領著某個東西，讓它最後抵達這裡。和 take（把東西帶離這裡）剛好相反，bring 的箭頭永遠指回「這邊、此刻」。bring 後面所有的用法，其實都是同一支箭頭——朝你、朝現在、朝某個結果——只是被帶過來的，有時是一件物品，有時換成一種感受、一個局面，甚至一個數字。

原始詞典資料10 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。

Bringname

  • 1

    A surname from German or Swedish.

bringverb詞源 1/ˈbɹɪŋ/

  • 1

    To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

    • Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
    • Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
  • 2

    To supply or contribute.

    • The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
    • “[…]it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • 3

    To occasion or bring about.

    • Let's bring our differences to an issue.
    • The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
  • 4

    To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.

    • It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
  • 5

    To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

    • It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  • 6

    To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

    • What does coal bring per ton?
  • 7

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

    • The closer Jones can really bring it.
  • 8

    board-gameschessgamesTo move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.

    • You want to bring the rook and then start pushing your pawns.

bringintj詞源 2/ʙɹɪŋ/

  • 1

    The sound of a telephone ringing.

    • Near-synonyms: ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling
    • Having a telephone was a novelty; the cat certainly thought so as Charlie would yowl every time it rang, just in case the “bring bring” sound was not sufficient enough to bring to your attention that someone was attempting to contact you telephonically.

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。