核心畫面

Picture the act of close looking itself, up and given a name: someone bent over a thing, eyes moving slowly, checking one part after another. That picture can be small — turning a bicycle wheel in your hands to see if it is bent — or large: people in uniform walking through a factory with a . One way to see it is that the large version is just the small one done officially, with authority behind the eyes.

可以想成把「仔細看」這個動作整個裝進一個名詞裡:一個人彎下腰、眼睛慢慢移動、一處一處確認。這個畫面可以很小——自己把更多收起可以想成把「仔細看」這個動作整個裝進一個名詞裡:一個人彎下腰、眼睛慢慢移動、一處一處確認。這個畫面可以很小——自己把腳踏車輪子轉一圈,看有沒有歪;也可以很大——穿制服的人拿著檢核表走進工廠。一種想法是:大的那個其實就是小的那個加上官方身分,看的人背後多了職權。

From the word’s history

From Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspectionem (nominative inspectio) 'a looking into', from the past-participle stem of inspicere (in- 'into' plus specere 'to look'). It is in English by the late 14th century.

來自古法文 inspeccion,源頭是拉丁文 inspectio/inspectionem,意思是「往裡面看一眼」,由 in-(往裡面)加上 specere(看)組成,14 世紀末就已經在英文裡。所以這個字從頭到尾講的都是「看進去」這個動作本身。

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

One branch

一次仔細的觀看,從自己看到官方看

同一個「仔細看」的動作,一個留在個人的層次,一個被放進制度裡;名詞形式讓這個動作可以被安排、被通過、也被記錄下來。

close examination · noun · B2

a careful look at something to learn more about it or to find anything wrong.

檢查;檢視

原始詞典資料2 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。

inspectionnoun/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

  • 1

    The act of examining something, often closely.

    • Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
    • Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment.
  • 2

    An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

    • The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

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