核心畫面

Picture the mark that years of teaching and reading leave on a person: they know things, and it shows in how they talk and how they judge. The word points at what got put in and stayed. Once you see it that way, even an educated guess makes sense — the guess also has something in it that was put there by knowing.

可以想成:多年的教導和閱讀在一個人身上留下的痕跡——他知道不少事,而且從談吐和判斷看得出來。這個字指的就是「被教進去更多收起可以想成:多年的教導和閱讀在一個人身上留下的痕跡——他知道不少事,而且從談吐和判斷看得出來。這個字指的就是「被教進去、而且留下來了」的那個部分。抓住這個畫面,連 an educated guess 都合理了:那個猜測裡面同樣裝了一點「知道的東西」,所以它不是空的。

From the picture

有知識墊底的猜測

把「裝了知識」這個特質從人身上移到一個猜測上:這個猜不是憑空的,猜的人拿已經知道的事情當底,所以命中率比較高。

informed guess · adjective · B2

Based on some knowledge, so it is likely to be right — used about a guess.

有根據的(猜測)

Also in this word

well schooled · adjective · B2

Having learned a lot, especially through good schooling and reading.

有學識的/受過良好教育的

schooled in a certain way · adjective · B2

Having had a certain kind of schooling or training, often shown by where or how you were taught.

受過(某種)教育的

原始詞典資料4 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。

educatedadj/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/

  • 1

    Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

  • 2

    Based on relevant information.

    • an educated guess
    • No matter what strategies you employ as you dissect each multiple-choice question and arrive at an educated answer, remember that you are looking for the best response, not only a correct one.
  • 3

    Knowledgeable.

    • She cast an educated eye over the antiques.
    • an educated opinion

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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