核心畫面

You can picture informal as the everyday side of things, where nobody is checking whether you did it the proper way: no fixed order, no set phrases, no dress code. It does not mean careless — it means the rules that would apply on a formal occasion have simply been put aside.

可以想成 informal 是「日常的那一邊」:沒有人在檢查你有沒有照規矩來,不用照固定流程、不用講固定的話、不用穿更多收起可以想成 informal 是「日常的那一邊」:沒有人在檢查你有沒有照規矩來,不用照固定流程、不用講固定的話、不用穿固定的衣服。它不等於隨便或亂來,只是把正式場合那一套先放到旁邊而已。

One branch

把規矩放到一邊的那一面

三個意思是同一件事落在三個地方:場合、講話寫字、還有穿著。看懂「規矩被放到一邊」,三個就通了。

casual, relaxed · adjective · B2

Relaxed and friendly, without stiff rules about correct behaviour.

輕鬆的;不拘禮節

原始詞典資料5 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。

informaladj/ɪnˈfɔː.m(ə)l/

  • 1

    Not formal or ceremonious.

    • an informal get-together
    • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
  • 2

    Not in accord with the usual regulations.

    • an informal agreement
  • 3

    Suited for everyday use.

    • informal clothes
  • 4

    Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.

    • When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life.
  • 5

    agriculturebusinesshorticultureNot organized; not structured or planned.

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