沒說一聲就走，而且不回來
兩個意思都是同一張圖：一個有責任待著的人走了，位置空下來。差別只在那個位置是軍中的崗位，還是婚姻裡的家。
noun · C1
The act of leaving the army, the navy, or another armed service without permission, when you have no plan to come back.
逃兵；擅自離隊
核心畫面
Picture a place that someone was supposed to keep filled: a post on a ship, a bed in a barracks, a chair at a kitchen table. Desertion is the name for that place being left empty by the very person who was meant to hold it. Two things stay inside the word wherever it goes. Nobody gave permission, and nobody is coming back.
可以想成一個「本來該有人守著的位置」：船上的崗位、營房裡的床、家裡餐桌旁的椅子。desertion 講的就是那個位置…更多收起
可以想成一個「本來該有人守著的位置」：船上的崗位、營房裡的床、家裡餐桌旁的椅子。desertion 講的就是那個位置被留空了，而且留空的人沒打算回來。這個字走到哪裡，裡面都帶著兩件事：沒有人允許他走，以及他不會回頭。From the word’s history
The evidence packet records that English borrowed desertion from Middle French désertion, the noun beside the verb desert.
證據裡記到：這個字借自中古法文 désertion，跟動詞 desert 同一家族。所以它從一開始就是「拋下、離開」的名詞說法。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) via evidence packet: desertion, etymology_text 'Borrowed from Middle French désertion.'
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