核心畫面

You can think of it as: someone had an empty space or an empty need, and you put into it the things that make it work. The house had nothing in it — now it has beds and chairs. The lawyer had nothing to argue with — now she has the list of dates you handed over. Both are the same act of something bare so it can function.

有一個空的東西——空房間、空需求——而你把「讓它能用起來的東西」放進去。房子本來只有牆和地板,你搬進床、桌子、椅子,更多收起有一個空的東西——空房間、空需求——而你把「讓它能用起來的東西」放進去。房子本來只有牆和地板,你搬進床、桌子、椅子,它才成為可以住的家;對方本來手上什麼證據都沒有,你把資料交過去,他才有東西可以用。兩邊其實是同一個動作:把光禿禿的東西配備起來。這個字是 furnish 的過去式,所以講的是已經完成的配備。

Two branches

配備空間:家具

最看得見的一種「填滿」:填的是房子,放進去的是家具。

furnished with furniture · verb · C1

The past form of furnish, used when someone put chairs, tables, beds, and other things into a house or room.

擺設家具

配備需求:提供

同一個動作,只是被填滿的不再是房間,而是一個人手上缺的東西。

supplied (facts/help) · verb · C1

The past form of furnish, used when someone supplied facts, a list, help, or another thing that was needed.

提供

原始詞典資料3 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。

furnishedadj/ˈfɝnɪʃt/

  • 1

    equipped with whatever is needed

  • 2

    supplied with furniture

    • Shabby indeed, and small and poorly furnished, and yet his, the home he had made for himself, the home he had been so happy to get back to after his day's work.

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。