核心畫面

One way to hold it: nothing is moving, and nothing is pushing anything to move. Point that at a person and it reads as unwillingness to work; point it at an afternoon and it reads as slow, easy time with no one in a hurry.

整個場面沒有在動,也沒有什麼力量在催它動。同一個「不動」的畫面,看你把它放在誰身上,味道會整個翻過來——放在人身上,更多收起整個場面沒有在動,也沒有什麼力量在催它動。同一個「不動」的畫面,看你把它放在誰身上,味道會整個翻過來——放在人身上,是他不肯出力,帶著責備;放在一個下午身上,是時間慢慢流,沒人趕時間,反而變成享受。這個字的英文形容詞是 lazy,名詞才是 laziness。

Two branches

人不肯動:懶

「不動」落在一個有能力動的人身上,就成了指責——他做得到卻沒做。

unwilling to work · adjective · B1

Not liking work or moving about, or not making any effort to do the things you could do — said about a person, or about the way someone is behaving at that moment.

懶惰的;懶得動

時間慢下來:悠閒

同樣是「沒人在推、沒人在趕」,但主角換成一段時間,責備就消失了,剩下的是鬆弛的舒服。

leisurely, unhurried · adjective · B2

Used about a day, an afternoon, or any period of time that is spent doing nothing except relaxing, with nobody in a hurry.

悠閒的;慵懶的

原始詞典資料1 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。

lazinessnoun/ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/

  • 1

    The quality of being lazy

    • “It is thine own laziness, thou false English blood, that doest nothing but drink and sleep,” retorted the page, “and leaves that lither lad to do the work, that he minds as little as thou.”
    • Generalizing harshly and broadly but implying “you know which ones I mean” is an intellectual and rhetorical laziness that is not allowed to pass anywhere else in these communities.

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