核心畫面

Picture life cut into single days. The word keeps your attention on one day at a time — which can mean the ordinary things that happen every day, or that you can only see as far as today.

把日子一格一格排開來看:這個字把注意力鎖在「一天」這個單位上,而不是週、年或長期計畫。從這個鎖定會長出兩種味道——一更多收起把日子一格一格排開來看:這個字把注意力鎖在「一天」這個單位上,而不是週、年或長期計畫。從這個鎖定會長出兩種味道——一種是「每一天都在重複的那些事」(因此=日常的、例行的),一種是「只看得到眼前這一天」(因此=無法往後打算)。同樣是 day to day,差別只在你是強調它「天天發生」,還是強調它「只到今天為止」。

Two branches

天天重複的日常

從「一天一天」這個節奏取它重複的那一面:每天都要處理的例行事務。

day-to-day, routine · adjective · C1

Used about the ordinary jobs and activities you do each day as part of your life or work, not special plans.

日常的

只顧眼前這一天

同樣鎖定「一天」這個單位,但取的是它的侷限面:視線到今天為止,再往後看不見。

day-to-day, one day at a time · adjective · C1

Looking only at one day at a time, usually because you cannot make plans for the days after that.

過一天算一天

原始詞典資料5 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。

day-to-dayadj

  • 1

    Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.

    • One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.
    • “The book is about guilt, adultery, murder, a chase through the mountains — you know, the usual day-to-day stuff,” Babcock said wryly.
  • 2

    Happening every day, everyday.

    • I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.
    • High manganese material is three times more costly, but its expectation of life is five years; in addition, it offers a big saving in day-to-day maintenance.
  • 3

    hobbieslifestylesportsSubject to daily redetermination.

    • He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.
    • [T]he supply of the basic necessities for making polish-remover is becoming more scarce every day. Our company is fortunate in having a year’s supply on hand but other organizations have been leading a day-to-day life, so to speak, with their polish-remover.

day-to-dayadv

  • 1

    On a daily basis.

    • The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day.

day-to-daynoun

  • 1

    Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane.

    • People come here to escape the day-to-day.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。