向有權力的人說情
這一支就是核心畫面本身：有權力的一邊是人。
noun · C2
The act of speaking to a person who has power, in order to help someone else or to stop something bad from happening to them. You ask for another person, not for yourself.
說情、代為求情
核心畫面
Picture two people who cannot reach each other. One has the power to decide; the other needs something and has no voice that will carry. Intercession is a third person walking into the space between them and speaking for the one with no voice. Nothing in the request is for the speaker. Both meanings of the word are this same picture — only the powerful side changes, from a person in authority to God.
「intercession」可以想成「走進兩個人中間的那個空隙」。一邊是有權力決定的人。另一邊是需要幫忙、自己講了也…更多收起
「intercession」可以想成「走進兩個人中間的那個空隙」。一邊是有權力決定的人。另一邊是需要幫忙、自己講了也沒用的人。這個字講的就是第三個人走進去，替後面那位開口。而且他求的東西完全不是給自己的。這個字的兩個意思都是同一張圖。差別只在有權力的那一邊是誰：可能是握有決定權的人，也可能是神。From the word’s history
Latin intercessiō, from intercēdō: inter- 'between' + cēdō 'to go' — literally a going between, which is still exactly what the word does.
拉丁文 intercessiō 來自 intercēdō，由 inter-（在中間）加上 cēdō（走）組成，字面就是「走到中間去」。這條字根線索到今天還完全對得上：不管是向有權力的人說情，還是替別人向神祈求，動作都是走進中間替人開口。
Wiktionary entry 'intercession' in the supplied evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1288284461:12240)
Two branches
替人向神祈求
同一個「走到中間」的動作，只是把有權力的那一邊換成神。
noun · C2
A prayer that asks God to help or heal another person. In some churches it also means a prayer that a saint in heaven makes for a living person who has asked the saint for help.
代禱