核心畫面

Picture sinking into a chair that fits you: nothing pressing, nothing , not too hot, not too cold. Nothing is being added — something unpleasant has simply stopped. English then lifts that same 'the bad thing has eased off' feeling from the body to the heart, and from there to a life where nothing is short.

可以想成:整個人陷進一張剛好合身的椅子——沒有東西壓著、沒有地方痛、不冷也不熱。這個畫面的重點是「不舒服停下來了」,更多收起可以想成:整個人陷進一張剛好合身的椅子——沒有東西壓著、沒有地方痛、不冷也不熱。這個畫面的重點是「不舒服停下來了」,而不是「多了什麼享受」。comfort 的各種意思,就像都從這個感覺往外長:先從身體挪到心裡(難過的時候有人在旁邊,那口氣鬆下來),再挪到生活(什麼都不缺,不用煩惱)。

From the picture

讓心裡平靜下來

把「壓著的東西鬆開」從身體換到心情:本來擔心、難過得緊繃著,有人陪、有句話說對了,那口氣就鬆了。

consolation · noun · B2

A calmer, happier, or more hopeful feeling that a person or thing gives you after you have been worried or sad.

安慰

生活上的寬裕與享受

把同一個自在感放大到整個人生:不缺錢、不用擔心下個月,日子本身就處在那張合身的椅子上。

financial ease · noun · B2

A way of living with enough money that nothing is hard or worrying.

優渥的生活

Also in this word

physical ease · noun · B2

The pleasant feeling of being physically relaxed, with nothing hurting you and nothing too hot or too cold.

舒適

原始詞典資料14 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。

Comfortname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A female given name.

  • 3

    A place in the United States:

  • 4

    A place in the United States:

  • 5

    A place in the United States:

  • 6

    A place in the United States:

  • 7

    A place in the United States:

comfortnoun詞源 1/ˈkʌm.fət/

  • 1

    Contentment, ease.

    • Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
    • But all was in vain: For having ranged up and down the Woods for ſome days, without finding the leaſt comfort to their hungry deſires, they were forced to return again unto the River. […] At laſt they arrived at the Coaſt of the Sea, where they found ſome comfort and relief to their former miſeries, and alſo means to ſeek more.
  • 2

    Something that offers comfort.

    • Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)
    • the comforts of home
  • 3

    A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

    • We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  • 4

    A cause of relief or satisfaction.

    • The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.

comfortverb詞源 2/ˈkʌm.fət/

  • 1

    To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

    • Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
    • Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.
  • 2

    obsoleteTo make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

    • God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo assist or help; to aid.

    • I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!

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