Disbelief is the feeling that something is not true, or cannot really be happening. It is not a calm, careful ‘I disagree.’ It is the jolt: the news has arrived, but the mind will not take it in yet.

disbelief這個詞 is the feeling that something is not true, or cannot really be happening指的是一種覺得某件事不是真的、或不可能真的發生的感覺。it is not a calm, careful 'I disagree.'它不是一句冷靜、深思過的『我不同意』, it is the jolt而是一種震盪: the news has arrived, but the mind will not take it in yet消息已經到了,但腦袋還沒辦法接受。

People feel it with bad shocks and with good ones — a crash, a death, a prize they never expected. English loves the phrase in disbelief: someone stands there shaking their head, laughing a little, or going quiet.

people feel it with bad shocks and with good ones不管是壞消息還是好消息帶來的震驚,人們都會有這種感覺—— a crash, a death, a prize they never expected一場車禍、一個人的過世、一個完全沒想到會得的獎。english loves the phrase in disbelief英文很愛用in disbelief這個片語: someone stands there shaking their head, laughing a little, or going quiet某人站在那裡搖著頭,或是輕輕笑了一下,或是安靜下來。

Though actually, in everyday talk we often say ‘I can’t believe it’ and save disbelief for that frozen moment, or for writing. It is not the same as simply not knowing, and it is not (in ordinary use) a religious word for ‘having no faith’ — that older use exists, but learners will almost always meet the shock-and-rejection sense.

though actually不過其實, in everyday talk we often say 'I can't believe it'在日常對話裡我們比較常說『I can't believe it(我不敢相信)』 and save disbelief for that frozen moment, or for writing把disbelief留給那種凝結的瞬間,或是留給文字書寫。it is not the same as simply not knowing它跟單純的『不知道』不一樣, and it is not (in ordinary use) a religious word for 'having no faith'而且在一般用法裡,它也不是那種指『沒有信仰』的宗教用語—— that older use exists, but learners will almost always meet the shock-and-rejection sense那個比較舊的用法是存在的,但學習者幾乎都會遇到的是這種震驚加上抗拒的意思。