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You can picture direct as a straight line drawn from A to B with nothing sitting in between — no detour, no , no gap. Hold that straight line and the word opens up two ways: as an adjective/adverb it describes things that go straight with nothing in between (a direct flight, direct sunlight, a direct answer); as a verb it means you draw that line yourself — you point something straight at a target, or you steer and steer people along the line you've set (direct a film, direct traffic).

可以想成從 A 到 B 拉出的一條直線,中間什麼都沒有——不繞路、不經第三者、沒有空隙。握住這條直線,詞往兩邊打開:…更多收起可以想成從 A 到 B 拉出的一條直線,中間什麼都沒有——不繞路、不經第三者、沒有空隙。握住這條直線,詞往兩邊打開:當形容詞、副詞時,描述「直直地、中間沒有東西」的事物(direct flight 直飛、direct sunlight 直射的陽光、a direct answer 直接的回答);當動詞時,是你親手畫這條線——把東西對準目標,或者沿著你定的線去引導、指揮別人(direct a film、direct traffic)。

原始詞典資料15 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。

directadj/daɪˈɹɛkt/

  • 1

    Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

  • 2

    Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

    • the most direct route between two buildings
  • 3

    Straightforward; sincere.

    • Be even and direct with me.
  • 4

    Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

    • He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
    • Nor did the government scruple a direct and avowed interference with elections.
  • 5

    In the line of descent; not collateral.

    • a descendant in the direct line
  • 6

    astronomynatural-sciencesIn the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

  • 7

    political-sciencesocial-sciencesPertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

    • direct nomination; direct legislation
  • 8

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationHaving a single flight number.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsNot employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.

directadv/daɪˈɹɛkt/

  • 1

    Directly.

    • The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung.
    • Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.

directverb/daɪˈɹɛkt/

  • 1

    To manage, control, steer.

    • to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
    • Pent up in Utica he vainly forms A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs, And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs A feeble Army, and an empty Senate, Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.
  • 2

    To aim (something) at (something else).

    • They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
    • He directed his question to the room in general.
  • 3

    To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

    • He directed me to the left-hand road.
    • the next points to which I will direct your attention
  • 4

    To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

    • She directed them to leave immediately.
    • I'll first direct my men what they shall do.
  • 5

    datedTo address (a letter) to a particular person or place.

    • [A]s I do not know where I shall be, and shall have my letters sent after me as soon as I do know, continue to direct hither.

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。