核心畫面

Picture two photographs of the same person or the same street, taken years apart. Changed is what you say when you hold them side by side and they do not match. The word always points backwards to how things used to be, so something has to have happened in between. It does not say whether the new picture is better or worse - only that it is not the old one.

可以想成同一個人、同一條街的兩張照片,中間隔了好幾年。把它們並排看,發現兜不起來,這時候英文就用 changed。這更多收起可以想成同一個人、同一條街的兩張照片,中間隔了好幾年。把它們並排看,發現兜不起來,這時候英文就用 changed。這個字永遠指著「以前的樣子」,所以中間一定發生過什麼事。它不說新的那張比較好還是比較糟,只說它不是原來那張了。

Three branches

跟以前不一樣了

最基本的一個,也是另外兩種用法的底。先有「兩張照片對不起來」,才有後面的「人變了」和「情況變了」。

adjective · B1

Different from the way a person, place, or thing was before.

變了的

被一件事改掉的人

把兩張照片換成同一個人,並且明說中間發生了什麼。差別不只是外表,而是整個人。

adjective · B1

Used in 'a changed man' or 'a changed woman' to say that something important that happened to someone has made them very different from the person they were before.

變了一個人

變了的情況

同樣是前後對照,但鏡頭從人身上移開,對準了環境、規則和條件。

adjective · B2

Used before a noun to describe a situation that is now different from the way it was, especially one that people have to deal with.

改變後的

原始詞典資料2 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。

changedadj/t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/

  • 1

    Having undergone a change.

    • I'm a changed man since joining the local church.
    • "May I inquire if it is a recent photograph of the gentleman, sir?" he asked. "About six years ago," said the lieutenant, taking in this new actor in the drama with frank curiosity. "But he is very little changed."

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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。