核心畫面

One way to hold this word: two separate lines that were running along on their own, arriving at the same point. Sometimes the lines are events, and the point is a moment in time — several things land on the same day and nobody planned it. Sometimes the lines are people, and the point is an opinion — two minds that started apart end up in the same place. Both uses are formal, and both are about arriving together rather than setting out together.

可以想成兩條原本各走各的線,最後停在同一個點上。有時候那兩條線是事情,那個點是時間——好幾件事剛好落在同一天,誰也沒更多收起可以想成兩條原本各走各的線,最後停在同一個點上。有時候那兩條線是事情,那個點是時間——好幾件事剛好落在同一天,誰也沒有安排。有時候那兩條線是人,那個點是看法——兩個原本想法不同的人,最後停在同一個結論上。這兩個用法都偏正式。而且重點都不在「一起出發」,而在「最後停在同一個地方」。

Two branches

人到了同一個看法上

兩條線是人。他們各自想,最後落在同一個結論上,而且這個結論被寫進紀錄。

noun · C1

Formal agreement with an opinion, a plan or a decision — a statement that you think the same.

同意;贊同

事情落在同一個時間點

兩條線是事情。交會的那個點是時間,而且通常沒有人安排,所以結果常令人意外。

noun · C1

A time when two or more things happen together, usually by chance rather than by plan.

(多件事)同時發生