核心畫面
One way to hold this phrase: your working life laid out on paper as a line you can read from beginning to end. School, then study, then jobs, then what you made — in order, dated, with nothing hidden between the lines. Whoever reads it is trying to see the shape of that line in a minute or two. The two senses are the same line written at two lengths: short enough for an employer, or long enough to hold a whole academic career.
「curriculum vitae」可以想成：把你走過的路攤在一張紙上，從頭讀到尾。求學、工作、做過什麼，照時間排成…更多收起
「curriculum vitae」可以想成：把你走過的路攤在一張紙上，從頭讀到尾。求學、工作、做過什麼，照時間排成一條線，每一段都有日期。看的人要在一兩分鐘內，從這條線看出你是什麼樣的人。兩個意思其實是同一條線，只是寫成兩種長度：一種給公司看，短；一種給大學看，長到裝得下整個學術生涯。From the word’s history
From Latin curriculum, a course or a running track, plus vitae, of life. The phrase means the course of a life, which is exactly the line the document draws.
拉丁文 curriculum 是「跑道、一段行程」，vitae 是「生命的」。合起來就是「一生走過的路」。履歷表上那條按時間排下來的線，正好就是這個字面。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:843960217:26230): from Latin curriculum (course) + vitae, genitive of vita (life).
原始詞典資料2 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。
curriculum vitaenoun/kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːteɪ/
- 1
A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.
- 2
A detailed written account of one's education and experience used to seek positions in academic or educational environments, typically including academic credentials, publications, courses taught, etc.
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。