核心畫面
Picture a single sheet of paper with a stamp and a signature on it, kept in a drawer for years. Its whole job is to say: this is true, and an authority is standing behind it. You don't read it for pleasure — you produce it when someone needs proof.
可以想成：一張蓋了章、簽了名的紙，被收在抽屜裡好幾年。它唯一的工作就是替一件事作證：這是真的，而且背後有個機關願意掛…更多收起
可以想成：一張蓋了章、簽了名的紙，被收在抽屜裡好幾年。它唯一的工作就是替一件事作證：這是真的，而且背後有個機關願意掛保證。你不是拿來讀的，是別人要求證明的時候把它拿出來。字根 certain（確定）就藏在裡面——它把「確定」變成一張可以出示的紙。原始詞典資料9 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。
certificatenoun/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/
- 1
A document containing a certified statement.
- 2
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
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educationA document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
- 4
computingcomputing-theoryengineeringThe information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
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A motion picture age rating.
- The film is certificate 15.
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obsoleteSynonym of certification.
- [W]herfoꝛe, ſeing thei be clere in cõſcience, the cauſe weightie, the cõfutation ouerlong, ⁊ can not be aunſwered, befoꝛe they make certificat home to their cities, they deſyꝛe fyꝛſt therfoꝛe to haue a copie, ſecondarely, that credite be not geuen to this accuſation, before ſuche tyme as their pourgation be heard and examined: […]
- [H]e dyd acknowledge his offence, and with earneſt repentaunce dyd flee vnto the mercye of God, takyng ſure holde thervpon, thꝛough ſayth in him whõ he had ſo ſhamefully denyed, his ſynne was foꝛgeuen hym, and foꝛ a certificate and aſſuraunce therof, the rome of his Apoſtle ſhip was not denied vnto him.
certificateverb/səˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/
- 1
To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
certificateadj
- 1
Certified, assured.
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。