核心畫面

Picture adding something to a plain surface for the sake of how it looks — paper on a wall, lights on a tree, on a cake. Nothing about the thing's function changes; only its appearance does. Pin a medal on someone's chest and the shape is the same: something is added to a person to be seen, and here it says publicly what they did.

可以想成:在一個素面的東西上加點什麼,純粹為了好看——牆上貼壁紙、樹上掛燈、蛋糕上擠奶油。東西的功能沒有變,變的只是更多收起可以想成:在一個素面的東西上加點什麼,純粹為了好看——牆上貼壁紙、樹上掛燈、蛋糕上擠奶油。東西的功能沒有變,變的只是外觀。把一枚勳章別在某人胸前,形狀其實一樣:也是加一樣東西上去給人看,只是這一次,它是在公開說出這個人做過什麼。

Two branches

加東西上去讓它好看

核心那一面:對象是物、是空間,加上去的是好看的東西。

make look nicer · verb · B1

To make something look nicer by putting pretty things on it or around it.

裝飾;布置

別上勳章

加上去的東西換成勳章,被加的對象換成人:一樣是「別上去給人看」,但看的是這個人的功績。

award a medal · verb · B1

To officially give someone a medal for being brave or doing something people respect.

授勳;頒發勳章

原始詞典資料6 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。

decorateverb詞源 1/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/

  • 1

    To furnish with decorations.

    • We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
  • 2

    To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

    • There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.
    • We moved in over a month ago but we still haven't gotten started on decorating.
  • 3

    To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

    • People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.
  • 4

    To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.

    • He was decorated for his service in three wars.
  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

    • It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

decorateadj詞源 2

  • 1

    archaicobsoletedecorated, adorned

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