核心畫面

A useful way to hold it: respect is treating someone as if they matter — and disrespect is the visible absence of that, shown in a tone, a word, a gesture that says 'you don't count here'.

respect 是你用言行把某個人「當一回事」——聽他說話、把他的位置放在心上。disrespect 就是這份對待被更多收起respect 是你用言行把某個人「當一回事」——聽他說話、把他的位置放在心上。disrespect 就是這份對待被抽掉之後,別人看得見的那個空缺。它不是心裡偷偷想想而已,而是會露出來的:一個翻白眼、一句打斷、一個不叫名字的稱呼。也就是說,這個字談的往往不是你有多討厭誰,而是你的態度在別人眼裡長什麼樣子。

From the word’s history

dis- (absence, reversal) + respect — literally 'the taking-away of respect', which is exactly how the modern word works: not hatred, but respect removed.

字是 dis- 加 respect 疊起來的。dis- 從拉丁文一路傳下來,意思是「相反、拿掉、沒有」;respect 是「看重、尊重」。所以字面上它就是「尊重被拿掉的狀態」——這也解釋了為什麼 disrespect 的力道跟 hate 不一樣:它指的不是強烈的敵意,而是那份本來該有的看重不見了。

Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in the entry (dis- + respect)

One branch

不尊重:那個空缺,與造成它的行為

同一件事的兩個角度:名詞是那份被抽掉的看重本身(一個狀態、一個看得見的空缺),動詞是有人正在動手把它抽掉。英文裡很多字都這樣一體兩面,這個字只是把「空缺」和「造成空缺的動作」用同一個拼法承擔了。

lack of respect · noun · C1

A lack of respect for someone or something, shown in what you say or do.

不尊重

原始詞典資料2 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。

disrespectnoun/dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/

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    A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.

    • [S]he uſed many arguments both to excuſe her ſelf and divert their intentions, yet adding ſtill more fierceneſs to their former behaviour, as they would not ſeem at all to be ſatisfied either with her language or her tears (notwithſtanding they proceeded more from her apprehenſion of their diſreſpects to her perſon, than out of any ſenſe ſhe had of her own preſent danger) […]
    • This was a champion team out of kilter, stung by what was arguably an act of disrespect to their opponents, a failure to appreciate their threat and the fine planning of Carlos Osorio, and never really able to regain its balance.

disrespectverb/dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/

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    To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

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