東西、制度運作不起來
這一支就是核心的字面版本：功能沒有兌現。
adjective · B2
Not working properly or normally; not doing the job it was made or set up to do. It is used about machines, systems, processes and organizations.
運作不正常的、故障的
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: something is still standing, still switched on, still meeting every week — and it is not doing the thing it exists to do. Not smashed, not absent. Present and failing. That picture works for a heating system that runs cold, and it works just as well for a family that still eats together and still leaves everything .
可以想成：東西還在，也還在動，但它該做的事沒有做到。不是碎掉，也不是不見了，而是「人還在、功能不在」。暖氣還在運轉卻…更多收起
可以想成：東西還在，也還在動，但它該做的事沒有做到。不是碎掉，也不是不見了，而是「人還在、功能不在」。暖氣還在運轉卻不會熱，網站打得開卻訂不了位——這是最容易看見的版本。同一個畫面搬到人身上也成立：一家人照樣一起吃飯，但沒有人說真話，問題年年都在。dys- 是「壞掉、不順」，function 是「運作」，這個字就站在那個沒有兌現的功能上。From the word’s history
dys- (from Greek, meaning bad or wrong) + function (from Latin functio, a performing or working) + -al. The word says, literally, that the working of a thing has gone wrong.
dys- 來自希臘文，表示壞掉、不順；function 來自拉丁文 fūnctiō，指運作、功能；再加上形容詞字尾 -al。字面上就是「運作出了問題的」。
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人跟人之間運作不起來
把同一個畫面搬到人身上：一群人還在一起，但相處的方式已經不管用了。
adjective · B2
Used about a family, a relationship, or a group of people whose way of treating each other has gone badly wrong, so that living or working together does not function, and the people inside it often cannot behave normally or have a satisfying life.
（家庭、關係）失能失調的