核心畫面

Picture a test paper handed back with nothing crossed out and nothing taken off — every point there is, all of them yours. That picture is where both uses start: one keeps it in the classroom, the other carries it out of the classroom and uses it to praise people.

可以想成一張發回來的考卷,上面一個紅叉都沒有,該拿的分全部拿到。這個畫面是兩個用法的共同起點。一個留在教室裡,就是字更多收起可以想成一張發回來的考卷,上面一個紅叉都沒有,該拿的分全部拿到。這個畫面是兩個用法的共同起點。一個留在教室裡,就是字面上的滿分。另一個把這張想像中的滿分考卷帶出教室,用來稱讚別人:你做的這件事,我打不出扣分的地方。

Two branches

考卷上的滿分

這一支就是字面意思:分數本身。

noun · B1

The highest score you can get for a piece of school work or a test: every answer right, with nothing taken off.

滿分

把滿分借來當稱讚

同一張滿分考卷,只是這次沒有考試,你是在心裡幫對方打分數。

noun · B2

Warm praise for something someone did well: if you give someone full marks, or say 'full marks to' them, you are saying they could not have done it better.

值得滿分的稱讚