喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture discovery: a cover comes off and something that was there all along is seen for the first time. English lets the word point either at the thing that appeared or at the moment of lifting the cover, and the grammar tells you which — a discovery is the find, the discovery of something is the finding.

可以想成 discovery 是「蓋子掀開，本來就在那裡的東西第一次被看見」。英文讓這個字既可以指那樣被看見的東西，…更多收起可以想成 discovery 是「蓋子掀開，本來就在那裡的東西第一次被看見」。英文讓這個字既可以指那樣被看見的東西，也可以指掀開的那個過程；靠文法就分得出來——a discovery 是那個發現物，the discovery of something 是發現這件事。

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。

discoverynoun/dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/

  • 1

    Something discovered.

    • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
    • Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!
  • 2

    The discovering of new things.

    • The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
    • Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
  • 3

    archaicAn act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.

    • Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]
  • 4

    lawA pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

    • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
  • 5

    lawMaterials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

    • The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
  • 6

    board-gameschessgamesA discovered attack.

    • 1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack."

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。