核心畫面

Picture two rivers running into each other: downstream there is one river, and you cannot point to where either one used to be. Merge is that joining. Sometimes what matters is the result (two companies become one); sometimes what matters is the losing of the boundary (a figure merging into the dark).

可以想成:兩條河匯在一起,往下游看只剩一條,而且你指不出原來哪一邊是哪一邊。merge 就是這個匯合。有時候重點在結更多收起可以想成:兩條河匯在一起,往下游看只剩一條,而且你指不出原來哪一邊是哪一邊。merge 就是這個匯合。有時候重點在結果——兩家公司變成一家;有時候重點在界線消失——一個身影融進黑暗裡,看不出邊在哪。兩個用法差別只在你注意的是哪一半。

From the picture

界線消失、融成一片

同樣是匯合,但重點放在「分不出來了」:不是變成一個東西,而是看不清、聽不出哪裡是分界。

blend in · verb · B2

To blend into something else until the two can no longer be told apart.

融入;融成一片

Also in this word

join together · verb · B1

To join two or more things so they become one thing — or for two things to join and become one.

合併;匯合

原始詞典資料5 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。

mergeverb/mɜːd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    To combine into a whole.

    • Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
    • The two companies merged.
  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.

  • 3

    To blend gradually into something else.

    • The lanes of traffic merged.
    • The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.

mergenoun/mɜːd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    The joining together of multiple sources.

    • There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
    • The merge of the two documents failed.
  • 2

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesWithin the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

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