核心畫面

One way to hold finished: a piece of work has run all the way to its end, and there is no more road. Standing at that end can feel like two very different things. For the person doing the work it means the load is off: I am finished. For the thing being made it means it has arrived in its proper shape: the finished product. And when the road that ran out was someone's chances rather than their work, the same end point turns sour: we are finished. Where the word sits in the sentence is the clue — in front of a noun it is about the thing, after be it is about the person.

可以想成一件事一路走到了盡頭,前面沒有路了。站在那個盡頭上,感覺可以很不一樣。對做事的人來說是放下擔子:I'm fi更多收起可以想成一件事一路走到了盡頭,前面沒有路了。站在那個盡頭上,感覺可以很不一樣。對做事的人來說是放下擔子:I'm finished。對被做出來的東西來說是終於成形:the finished product。如果走到盡頭的不是工作而是機會,同一個畫面就變得難看:we're finished。位置是最好的線索。放在名詞前面,講的是東西;放在 be 後面,講的是人。

Two branches

走到盡頭的人與事

這一組都站在 be 動詞後面,說的是人或事已經到了盡頭,差別只在那個盡頭是輕鬆的還是難看的。

adjective · A2

Having come to the end of what you were doing, or no longer needing or using the thing you had.

做完了;用完了

做到完整的成品

把目光從做事的人移到被做出來的東西:同一個終點,落在成品身上就是「該做的都做到了」。

adjective · B1

Made or built all the way to the end, with every part done properly — used in front of a noun to describe the completed thing itself.

完成的;成品的

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。

finishedadj/ˈfɪnɪʃt/

  • 1

    Processed or perfected.

    • He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
  • 2

    Completed; concluded; done.

    • I won't be finished until just before lunch.
    • The program was finally finished after three hours.
  • 3

    informalDone for; doomed; used up.

    • Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt. I was told, time and time again, that my party was finished.

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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。