喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a boundary line — the skin of a body, the wall of a company, the border of a country — and then picture your finger on the far side of it. External is that far side. What changes between the uses is only which boundary you have in mind; the relationship is always the same one: outside this, not part of it.

可以想成：一條界線——身體的皮膚、公司的牆、國家的邊界——你的手指點在線的外面那一側。external 就是外面那一…更多收起可以想成：一條界線——身體的皮膚、公司的牆、國家的邊界——你的手指點在線的外面那一側。external 就是外面那一側。幾個用法之間變的只有「你心裡想的是哪一條界線」，關係從頭到尾都一樣：在這個範圍之外，不屬於它裡面。所以讀到這個字時，先問自己：這裡的界線是什麼？

From the picture

來自本人以外

界線畫在一個人或一個組織的周圍：作用力是從外面進來的，不是自己內部產生的。

outside influence · adjective · B2

Coming from the things around you or your situation, not from you yourself.

外在的

國界之外

界線換成國界：跟別的國家往來的那一面。

foreign/international · adjective · B2

Relating to other countries or to dealings between countries.

對外的

Also in this word

outer surface · adjective · B2

On or forming the outside surface of something, including the surface of your body.

外部的

原始詞典資料14 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。

externaladj/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/

  • 1

    Outside of something; on the exterior.

    • This building has some external pipework.
    • Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  • 2

    anatomymedicinesciencesOutside of something; on the exterior.

  • 3

    medicinepharmacologysciencesOutside of something; on the exterior.

  • 4

    Capable of being perceived outwardly.

  • 5

    Capable of being perceived outwardly.

    • The external circumstances are greatly different.
  • 6

    Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

    • external authority, external force
  • 7

    Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.

    • external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom
  • 8

    Having existence independent of the mind.

    • external reality
另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    educationFor or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.

    • external degrees
  • 10

    computingengineeringmathematicsNot contained in the main computer.

  • 11

    computingengineeringmathematicsUsing a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.

externalnoun/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/

  • 1

    The exterior; outward features or appearances.

    • To a non-Christian who has never experienced but only observed the externals of Christianity, it appears to be merely another spiritual system, but to a person who has left one of the other religions and embraced the Christian faith, it is most definitely The Way, and all else pales to insignificance.
  • 2

    The exterior; outward features or appearances.

    • They had been such declared, such personal enemies, that, even in a court, it seemed wonderful how a decent external could be given to their reconciliation.
    • He was indeed a creature who by externals at all events had more in common with another genus than with that humanity among which fate had cast him, and his familiar nickname of "The Toad" crudely indicated what that species might be.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsA variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

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