核心畫面

Picture a clock running only while your face is actually in front of someone else. On the phone it stops. In an email it never starts. It runs when the two of you are in the same room and one can see the other. Face time is that stretch of the clock, counted and valued as an amount.

可以想成有一個碼表,只有當你的臉真的出現在別人眼前時才會走。講電話的時候它停著。寫 email 的時候它根本沒開始。更多收起可以想成有一個碼表,只有當你的臉真的出現在別人眼前時才會走。講電話的時候它停著。寫 email 的時候它根本沒開始。只有你們在同一個空間、對方看得到你,它才在走。face time 可以想成碼表上走掉的那一段,被人拿來算、拿來比。

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當面談話的時間

碼表在走,而且兩張臉是互相看著的:重點在交流本身。這是最常見的用法,也是這個詞被造出來的理由。

noun · B2

Time that you spend with someone in person, talking face to face, instead of by phone, email or message.

面對面相處的時間

被老闆看見的時間

同一個碼表,只是看的人換了。這次不是你在看對方,而是老闆看得到你的臉,所以時間被算進去。

noun · B2

Time that you spend being seen at work, so that your boss and the people around you notice you are there, whether or not you are getting much done.

待在公司被看見的時間