核心畫面

Picture a courtroom set up inside the armed forces. Everything a civilian court has is there — evidence, witnesses, people sitting in judgement, a decision at the end — but the rules being tested are military rules, and everyone in the room is in uniform. English uses the one word for the room, for the group of officers in it, and for the hearing they hold. When the same word turns into a verb, it names what happens to the person who is taken into that room.

可以想成軍隊裡自己搭起來的一間法庭。一般法院有的,這裡都有:證據、證人、坐在上面作決定的人、最後的判決。差別在於被拿更多收起可以想成軍隊裡自己搭起來的一間法庭。一般法院有的,這裡都有:證據、證人、坐在上面作決定的人、最後的判決。差別在於被拿來對照的是軍法,而且房間裡的人都穿制服。英文用同一個字指那間法庭、指裡面那群作決定的軍官,也指那一次的審判。同一個字變成動詞時,說的就是被帶進那個房間的人身上發生的事。