核心畫面

You can picture 'listen' as turning your ears on purpose toward a sound — not just hearing it happen, but actively pointing your attention at it so as to take it in.

可以把 listen 想成『刻意把耳朵朝向某個聲音』——不是聲音剛好傳進來(那是 hear),而是你主動把注意力對準更多收起可以把 listen 想成『刻意把耳朵朝向某個聲音』——不是聲音剛好傳進來(那是 hear),而是你主動把注意力對準它、想把它聽進去。

Two branches

專心去聽

核心的一支:把耳朵和注意力對準聲音。從真的在聽,到叫別人也把耳朵轉過來,再到把這個動作當成一次『聽』。

pay attention, hear · verb · A1

To pay attention to a sound or to what someone is saying, using your ears on purpose.

聽/傾聽

聽從、聽勸

把『聽進去』再往前推一步:不只聲音進了耳朵,還放進心裡並照著做——聽勸、聽話就是這個意思。

follow advice · verb · A1

To think about what someone tells you and follow their advice.

聽從/聽勸

原始詞典資料3 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。

listenverb/ˈlɪsən/

  • 1

    To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

    • Please listen carefully as I explain.
    • I could hear you talking upstairs, but I didn’t really listen to your conversation.
  • 2

    To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

    • Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?
    • Good children listen to their parents.

listennoun/ˈlɪsən/

  • 1

    An instance of listening.

    • Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
    • The diss song, “Back to Back,” now has more than 124 million listens, a sign that the streaming can attract a sizable audience for a single track.

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