核心畫面

Two cars nose to nose, thick cables between them, and a dead engine suddenly turning over. One machine lends power to another, just for a moment; after that the car runs on its own again. The whole word lives in that moment — a single outside jolt that gets something going, not a hand that keeps holding it up.

可以想成兩台車頭對頭停著,中間夾著兩條粗電纜,原本毫無反應的引擎突然轉了起來。有電的那台把電借過去,就借那麼一下;引更多收起可以想成兩台車頭對頭停著,中間夾著兩條粗電纜,原本毫無反應的引擎突然轉了起來。有電的那台把電借過去,就借那麼一下;引擎一動,車子又能自己發電了。這個字的重點就在那一下:一股從外面來的猛力,把停住的東西推動,之後它得自己跑。這個畫面套到經濟、職涯、談判上,意思就出來了。

One branch

借外力猛推一下,讓停住的東西動起來

這一家共用車庫裡那個畫面:本來動不了,外面送進一股力,然後它自己跑。

verb · B2

To start a car whose battery has lost its power by joining it with cables to the battery of another car, so that power flows across and the engine starts.

接電發動(汽車)

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。

jump-startnoun

  • 1

    The process or result of jump-starting a motor vehicle.

    • I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?
  • 2

    hobbieslifestylesportsA false start.

jump-startverb

  • 1

    To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot").

  • 2

    To reactivate or rejuvenate.

    • Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.
    • ‘That debt means we can’t access credit to jump-start the economy as needed.’

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