喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 聯邦探員；聯邦官員 · 餵了（feed 的過去式）

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fed

n

核心畫面

This fed can be thought of as the word federal with the end cut off. What is left is 'the federal one' — the level above your town and your state, the side that comes from Washington. Sometimes that is a person with a card in a pocket. Sometimes it is the whole government. Once, with a capital F, it is the bank the federal government set up. In every one of them, somebody is picturing an authority that is not local.

這個 fed 可以想成把 federal（聯邦的）砍掉尾巴，只留下前面一小節。剩下的就是「聯邦那一邊的」：比你的城市…更多收起這個 fed 可以想成把 federal（聯邦的）砍掉尾巴，只留下前面一小節。剩下的就是「聯邦那一邊的」：比你的城市、你的州更高一層，從華盛頓來的那一邊。有時候它是一個帶著證件的人，有時候是整個政府，寫成大寫的 Fed 時，則是聯邦設立的那家銀行。共同的感覺是：這不是本地的，是上面來的。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary records this noun as a clipping of federal, and the capitalised Fed as a clipping of Federal Reserve. The meanings on this page are different readings of that one shortened piece.

維基詞典記載這個名詞是 federal（聯邦的）的縮短形，大寫的 Fed 則是 Federal Reserve（聯邦準備）的縮短形。這一頁上的幾個意思，都是同一小節字被放在不同場合時的不同理解。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract): 'Clipping of federal.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:179239564:11598); 'Clipping of Federal Reserve' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:939458337:4506)

Three branches

聯邦來的那個人

最直接的一支：把「聯邦的」這個形容詞直接拿來當人稱呼。

noun · B2

In American English, a fed is someone who works for the federal government, especially an agent of a national law-enforcement agency such as the FBI. It is an informal word, and people often reach for it when they feel the government is pushing into ordinary lives.

聯邦探員；聯邦官員

聯邦政府本身

同一個字從指人擴大到指整個機構：不是那幾個人，而是他們背後的政府。

noun · B2

In informal American English, the feds means the federal government of the country, thought of as one body, especially when it steps into something local. It is nearly always plural and used with the.

聯邦政府

聯準會

這一支是另一條縮寫路線，不是從「聯邦的人」延伸出來的，只是剛好也從 federal 這個字起頭。

noun · B2

The Fed is the central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve. It decides how expensive it is to borrow money in the US, and news reports use this short name when they talk about interest rates and the economy.

聯準會

A second word, same spelling

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fed

v

核心畫面

This fed is what feed looks like once the feeding is over. The picture you can hold is a hand that has already put the food down: the bowl is full, the baby is quiet, the paper is inside the machine. The word is not really about food. It is about something being passed across to something else, and being finished.

這個 fed 可以想成 feed 做完之後的樣子。畫面裡是一隻已經把食物放下的手：碗滿了、寶寶安靜了、紙也已經送進機…更多收起這個 fed 可以想成 feed 做完之後的樣子。畫面裡是一隻已經把食物放下的手：碗滿了、寶寶安靜了、紙也已經送進機器裡。所以它的重點不在食物本身，而在「送過去」這個動作，而且已經完成了。

原始詞典資料12 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。

FEDname

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    bankingbusinesseconomicsFederal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.

    • So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.
    • The extent of independence of the Federal Reserve Board (FED) from the executive branch has been a topic of ongoing study by economists and political scientists.

fednoun詞源 1/ˈfɛd/

  • 1

    derogatoryslangA federal government officer or official.

    • That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
    • A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it. Holy fuck, I’m speechless.
  • 2

    slangA police officer.

    • Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.
  • 3

    The federal government of the nation one resides in.

    • Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

fednoun詞源 2/ˈfɛd/

  • 1

    slanghobbieslifestylesportsA federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.

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 Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。