核心畫面

You can picture someone who has clearly seen the message and then puts the phone face down. The information got in; the person simply refuses to act on it. Ignoring only counts when you already know — that is what makes it different from missing something.

可以想成一個人明明已經看到訊息了,卻把手機翻過來蓋著。訊息確實進到他眼裡,他只是決定不理它。ignore 有個關鍵:更多收起可以想成一個人明明已經看到訊息了,卻把手機翻過來蓋著。訊息確實進到他眼裡,他只是決定不理它。ignore 有個關鍵:一定是「知道了才不理」,這也是它跟「沒注意到」最大的分別。

From the word’s history

From Latin ignorare 'not to know, take no notice of': in- 'not' + Old Latin gnarus 'aware'. The old English sense was literally 'not know' (1610s); the modern 'pass over without notice' only appears around 1801 and was uncommon before about 1850.

來自拉丁文 ignorare「不知道、不加理會」:in-「不」+ 古拉丁文 gnarus「知情的」。英文早期真的就是「不知道」(1610 年代),今天「明知卻不理」的用法要到 1801 年前後才出現,1850 年以前還很少見。所以這個字的動作,可以想成「表現得像不知道」——本人其實知道。

Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/ignore

One branch

知道了卻不理

核心畫面本身,以及它針對人時的樣子。

disregard · verb · B2

To decide not to pay attention to something you know about or have been told.

忽視;不理會

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。

ignoreverb/ɪɡˈnɔː/

  • 1

    To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

    • A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
    • Ignore these four words.
  • 2

    To pretend to not notice someone or something.

  • 3

    obsoleteFail to notice.

  • 4

    obsoleteNot to know.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。