核心畫面

A spotlight that singles one thing out of a crowd and turns the brightness up on it. Everything around is in the picture, but this one is lit harder than the rest.

可以想成一束聚光燈,從一群東西裡單獨挑出一個,把它的亮度往上調。其他東西都還在畫面裡,只是這一個被照得特別亮、特別突更多收起可以想成一束聚光燈,從一群東西裡單獨挑出一個,把它的亮度往上調。其他東西都還在畫面裡,只是這一個被照得特別亮、特別突出。從『在一群裡挑出最突出的那個』這個畫面,其他用法都能長出來。

Four branches

從一群中挑出最突出的

這一族就是核心畫面本身:在一群人事物中,把最符合的那一個拉出來打亮。

pointing out the main one · r · A2

Used to point out the one thing in a group that is the most true, the most important, or happens the most.

尤其

把程度調到很高

聚光燈不再用來『從一群裡挑一個』,而是用來『把一件事的程度往上調』——同樣是把亮度推高,只是這次照的是程度,不是某個成員。

to a high degree · r · A2

To a very high degree; much more than usual.

特別地

專為某一個目的

聚光燈鎖定的不是『最突出的』,而是『唯一指定的那一個對象或目的』——光只打在這一個上,其他一概不算。

for one particular purpose · r · A2

For one particular person or purpose, and not for anything else.

特地

配 not 的低調回答

把聚光燈關掉的版本:跟 not 連用,等於說『沒有哪一點特別亮』,於是整句變成淡淡的、不強烈的『不太』。

not very (with 'not') · r · A2

Not very, or not very much — used with 'not' to give a soft, low-key answer.

不太

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。

especiallyadv/ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/

  • 1

    mannerIn a special manner; specially.

    • He got up early especially.
    • L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133 This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
  • 2

    Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.

  • 3

    Exeptionally.

    • The buildings are not especially large.
    • In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it.
  • 4

    Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.

    • Invite them all, especially Molly.
    • Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

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