喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture it: two lists side by side, and you can draw a line from an item on the left to the item on the right that answers to it — same slot, same position, same size.

兩份東西並排放著——兩張表、兩年的數字、兩本書的兩章——你可以在中間拉出一條線，把左邊的某一項對到右邊的某一項，因為…更多收起兩份東西並排放著——兩張表、兩年的數字、兩本書的兩章——你可以在中間拉出一條線，把左邊的某一項對到右邊的某一項，因為它們在各自的那一邊占著同樣的位置、同樣的大小、同樣的角色。這個「一項對一項，拉得出對應線」的畫面，就是這個字每個用法底下的東西。

From the word’s history

corresponding is correspond + -ing; correspond is Latin cor- "together" + respondere "to answer", so the underlying picture is two things answering each other.

corresponding 就是 correspond 加上 -ing。而 correspond 來自拉丁文的 cor-（一起）加 respondere（回應、答覆）——字面就是「彼此互相回應」。這條線索很有用：兩件事之所以 corresponding，是因為其中一件動了、另一件就「回應」；或者你指著左邊那一項，右邊就有一項「應聲而出」。中文的「相應」「對應」剛好也保留了這個回應感。

Wiktionary, entries "corresponding" (correspond + -ing) and "correspond" (Latin cor- + respondere)

Two branches

位置相當、彼此對得上

這一家是核心畫面的靜態版：兩邊擺好，你看得出哪一項配哪一項。

matching · adjective · C2

Having a similar size, position, time, or quality to something else, so you can match the two.

對應的

隨之而來的連動變化

同一條對應線，但這次線是活的：左邊一動，右邊照著動。

resulting, linked change · adjective · C2

Caused by or linked to something you have already named, often as a matching change that comes with it.

相應的

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。

correspondingnoun/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/

  • 1

    A correspondence; the situation where things correspond or match.

correspondingadj/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/

  • 1

    that have a similar relationship

    • The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
    • It cannot be accidental that within the timar system the proportion of holdings controlled by the ümera and the ordinary sipahis shifted to the benefit of the former. Whereas around 1527–8, 19% of the total income from timars had been in the hands of beylerbeyis and sancakbeyis, in the 1580s the corresponding figure was 29%.

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。