喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture a line with two ends — a starting point and a finishing point — and something sitting at a spot in the middle of that line. It is past the beginning but not yet at the end. Everything this word does comes from that middle position: a stage between two , a level between the lowest and the highest.

可以想成一條有頭有尾的線：一端是起點，另一端是終點，而 intermediate 就是停在中段的那個位置——已經離開…更多收起可以想成一條有頭有尾的線：一端是起點，另一端是終點，而 intermediate 就是停在中段的那個位置——已經離開起點，但還沒走到終點。這個字的每個用法都從這個「卡在兩端之間」的畫面長出來：可能是製造過程裡的中間階段，也可能是學習路上的中段程度。它本身不帶好壞，只是標出位置。

原始詞典資料9 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。

intermediateadj詞源 1/ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/

  • 1

    Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

    • Then, being on his knees between my thighs, he drew up his ſhirt, and bared all his hairy thighs, and ſtiff ſtaring truncheon, red-topt, and rooted into a thicket of curls, which cover’d his belly to his navel, and gave it the air of a fleſh-bruſh: and ſoon I felt it joining cloſe to mine, when he had drove the nail up to the head, and left no partition but the intermediate hair on both ſides.
    • Such was the station provided for the infrequent services of 1852, when suburban traffic was unheard of, and Hornsey, Colney Hatch & Southgate, Barnet, and Potters Bar were the only intermediate stations on the 17¾ miles between London and Hatfield.

intermediatenoun詞源 2/ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/

  • 1

    Anything in an intermediate position.

    • In Oklahoma, an intermediate license holder may not carry more than one non-family member in the vehicle unless accompanied in the front seat by a licensed driver over 21 years of age.
  • 2

    An intermediary.

  • 3

    An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.

  • 4

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.

  • 5

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesAny substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.

  • 6

    hobbieslifestylemotor-racingA kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.

    • Light rain was coming so he chose intermediate tyres.

intermediateverb詞源 3/ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.diˌeɪt/

  • 1

    To mediate, to be an intermediate.

  • 2

    To arrange, in the manner of a broker.

    • Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.

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