- 1n/ˌiː es ˈpiː/extrasensory perception超感官知覺
The ability to know things without using the five senses — for example what another person is thinking, or what is going to happen later. It is a claimed power, not one that science accepts.
ESP 是三個字母的縮寫。它代表 extrasensory perception。extra- 的意思是「在…之外」。sensory 是「感官的」。合起來就是「五感之外的知覺」。中文一般說「超感官知覺」。它指的是不用看、不用聽就知道事情。像是猜到別人心裡在想什麼。或是說出接下來會發生什麼。字典把它歸在超心理學，不是科學上被接受的能力。英文裡常常拿它開玩笑。朋友一猜就中，你可以說 Do you have ESP?。那是在說「你也太準了吧」。要念的時候一個字母一個字母念。前面通常不加 a 或 the，直接說 have ESP。
示範例句 · Example
How did you know I wanted bubble tea? Do you have ESP or something?
中文翻譯你怎麼知道我想要珍奶？你有超感官知覺還是什麼嗎？
ESP is short for extrasensory perception. Extra- means outside, so the name says knowing things from outside the senses. People use it for reading minds, for guessing the future, and for sensing something far away. In ordinary talk it is usually a joke. When a friend guesses exactly what you wanted, you can ask if they have ESP. You are not saying they are magic; you are saying the guess was too good. Say it with no article: she has ESP, not a ESP.
常見搭配
have ESP
好像有超感官知覺；猜得特別準
to seem to know something without being told
You knew I was going to say that — do you have ESP?
believe in ESP
相信超感官知覺
to think that this ability is real
Grandpa believes in ESP, but my sister laughs at it.
an ESP experiment
超感官知覺實驗
a study that tries to find out whether ESP is real
The class read about a famous ESP experiment from the 1930s.
意思相近
extrasensory perceptionsixth sensesecond sighttelepathyclairvoyance
- 2n/ˌiː es ˈpiː/English for specific purposes專門用途英語
正式English teaching that is built for one kind of work or study — English for nurses, for pilots, for business meetings — so the lessons cover the words and situations of that field.
這個 ESP 代表 English for Specific Purposes。字面是「為了特定用途的英文」。中文常說「專門用途英語」或「專業英文」。它指的是為某個行業或領域設計的英文課。學的不是萬用的日常英文。學的是那份工作裡真正會用到的英文。給護理人員的課，教的是病房裡的說法。給商務人士的課，教的是開會和寫信。課程通常從一個問題開始：你在工作上最常講哪些句子。這個詞主要出現在教學圈。課程名稱、師資訓練、教科書上比較常看到。用的時候前面不加冠詞，直接說 teach ESP。它跟 ESL 不一樣：ESL 說的是學習者的身分，ESP 說的是課程的目標。
Here ESP stands for English for Specific Purposes. It is a teaching word. You meet it on course names, in teacher training and in course books, more than in daily talk. A general English class teaches language anyone might need. An ESP class picks one field first, then teaches the English that field actually uses. A hotel ESP course covers check-in, room types and complaints. Say teach ESP, an ESP course, ESP materials.
常見搭配
an ESP course
一門專門用途英語課程
a class in English for one job or field
The college runs an ESP course for tour guides every summer.
teach ESP
教專門用途英語
to teach English built around one field
He taught ESP to engineers for ten years before writing the book.
ESP materials
專門用途英語的教材
books and handouts written for one field
Good ESP materials use real forms and real emails from that job.
意思相近
English for Specific Purposes
意思相反
general English
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
ESPnoun
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parapsychologypseudosciencevideo-gamesAbbreviation of extrasensory perception.
- Near-synonym: wallhack
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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