核心畫面

Think of several pairs of hands all pushing the same load together — com- 'with' plus labor 'work'. At its core collaboration is shared effort on one task; whether it builds something good or helps an enemy depends only on whose hands you join.

可以想成好幾雙手同時往同一個方向使力——com(一起)加上 labor(出力),就是大家把工併在一塊兒。核心畫面比較更多收起可以想成好幾雙手同時往同一個方向使力——com(一起)加上 labor(出力),就是大家把工併在一塊兒。核心畫面比較像『合力扛起同一件事』;至於扛的是好事,還是幫了敵人,就看你跟誰合力了。

From the word’s history

From Latin com- 'with' + laborare 'to work' → collaborare 'work together'. The dark sense (helping an occupying enemy) is the same word narrowed to wartime, first used of Vichy France around 1940.

來自拉丁文 com(一起)+ laborare(工作),字面就是『一起出力做事』。二戰時同一個字被拿來指『跟佔領你國家的敵人一起做事』,於是多了通敵這層陰暗的意思(最早用在維琪法國)。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/collaboration)

原始詞典資料3 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。

collaborationnoun/kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act of collaborating.

    • Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.
    • During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.
  • 2

    A production or creation made by collaborating.

    • The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.
    • With the recent announcement of a Cinematic Universe being created as a collaboration between Henry Cavill (Oh God Emperor of the Nerds that he is) and a small production company called Amazon, plus the general increase in hobbying over the past few years, it’s never been so popular.
  • 3

    Treasonous cooperation.

    • He has been charged with collaboration.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。