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/ˈkʌstəmaɪz/
To change something so it fits a particular person better, or so it looks special and different from others of the same kind.
客製化;訂製
過去式 customized過去分詞 customized-ing customizing三單 customizes
核心畫面
Start from something standard — the same jacket, the same car, the same app screen that everyone else gets. Now picture someone taking that standard thing and reshaping it around one particular person: the sleeves to this arm, the seats set for this driver, the buttons moved to where this user's thumb lands. The English word carries the idea of a customer inside it: the thing is being remade to that one customer's order, instead of being made once for everybody. So the result is both a better fit and a different object from the one on the shelf.
先想一件標準的東西——大家拿到的都是同一件外套、同一款車、同一個 App 畫面。接著可以想成有人把這件標準品拿過來,…更多收起
先想一件標準的東西——大家拿到的都是同一件外套、同一款車、同一個 App 畫面。接著可以想成有人把這件標準品拿過來,繞著某一個人重新調整:袖子改到這隻手臂的長度、座椅調成這位駕駛的位置、按鈕挪到這位使用者拇指剛好碰得到的地方。這個英文字裡面藏著 customer(顧客):東西是照那一位顧客的要求重做的,而不是一次做好給所有人。所以做完的結果同時有兩個特點——更合身,而且看得出來跟架上那一件不一樣。原始詞典資料1 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。
customizeverb/ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/
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To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
- High-priced lattes and customized drinks helped lift the coffee chain’s US sales in the quarter ending on October 1, the company said Thursday.
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。