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A charged situation or subject is one that fills people with strong feeling — anger, worry, excitement — so that a fight, or at least a sharp argument, feels close. News writers love it: a charged atmosphere, a politically charged speech, a charged trial. It is a little formal; in ordinary talk you might just say tense or explosive.
A charged situation or subject charged的局面或話題,is one是 that fills people with讓人心裡充滿 strong feeling強烈情緒的那種——anger憤怒、worry擔憂、excitement激動——so that以致 a fight一場衝突,or at least或至少 a sharp argument一場尖銳的爭吵,feels close感覺就在眼前。News writers寫新聞的人 love it很愛它:a charged atmosphere火藥味濃的氣氛、a politically charged speech政治張力很高的演說、a racially charged trial種族情緒緊繃的審判。It它 is a little formal有點正式;in ordinary talk在平常說話裡 you你 might just say可能就說 tense or explosive
The picture comes from electricity: a charged wire is holding energy, ready to spark.
The picture這個畫面 comes from electricity來自電:a charged wire帶電的電線 is holding energy蓄著能量,ready to spark隨時要冒火花
Though actually, this is not the everyday word for a phone battery, and it is not “in charge of the team”, and it is not “the police charged him with theft”. Those are other lives of charge. Here the word is about mood and danger in the air.
Though actually不過其實,this這 is not不是 for a phone battery說手機電池的 the everyday word日常用字,and it也 is not不是 "in charge of the team"帶領團隊,and it也 is not不是 "the police charged him with theft"警方以竊盜起訴他。Those那些是 charge的 other lives其他人生。Here在這裡 the word這個字 is about說的是 mood氣氛 and danger in the air和空氣中的危險
People also stretch it to art and sports: a charged silence, a charged look, meaning the feeling is thick even when nobody is shouting yet.
People人們 also也 stretch it to把它延伸到 art and sports藝術和運動:a charged silence一片緊繃的沉默、a charged look一個帶電的眼神,meaning意思是 even when nobody is shouting yet即使還沒有人開口吼,the feeling is thick情緒已經很濃了
組成The -ed form of charge, used as an adjective. Here charge is the “fill with energy” meaning, like a battery — but the energy is feeling, not electricity.
同家族的字
- chargecharged is the -ed form; the feeling is like energy held in, ready to spark
原始詞典資料5 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。
chargedadj/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/
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Arousing strong emotion.
- a charged issue in American politics
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Showing or having strong emotion.
- an emotionally charged plea
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Fraught with emotion; tense.
- It was an emotionally charged moment when President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the US Congress for the first time during his administration. It was also a charged moment because of failing economies in the US and around the world. Congress and the public waited to hear how he proposed to help solve the problem. President Obama suggested several strategies[…]
- Eva approached me , and her closeness made my senses come alive. There was a charged moment where words seemed superfluous. She finally broke the silence. "So, Killian, why did you really want me here on stage? You insisted that I didn't need to audition. Was this even about the music?"
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Having electricity.
- charged particles
- a charged phone
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。