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核心畫面

The armed forces of a country — soldiers, navy, air force — and everything that belongs to that world: its discipline, its order, its exact way of doing things.

可以想成一個國家的武裝部隊——陸軍、海軍、空軍——以及屬於那個世界的一切：它的紀律、秩序和一絲不苟的做事方式。形容詞…更多收起可以想成一個國家的武裝部隊——陸軍、海軍、空軍——以及屬於那個世界的一切：它的紀律、秩序和一絲不苟的做事方式。形容詞用法描述『跟這個世界有關的』，名詞用法則直接指『這支部隊本身』，兩者圍著同一個畫面打轉。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'militaris', from 'miles' (soldier) — pertaining to soldiers.

源自拉丁文 militaris，來自 miles（士兵），意思是『跟士兵有關的』。這條根直接對上核心畫面：一切從『士兵／軍隊』這個世界長出來。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'military'

Two branches

跟軍隊有關的（形容詞）

這一族用形容詞描述『屬於軍隊世界的』：先是字面上跟陸海空軍有關，再延伸到那個世界給人的印象——極度精準、有條不紊。

relating to the armed forces · adjective · B2

Relating to or used by the army, navy, or air force.

軍事的 / 軍隊的

軍隊本身（名詞）

同一個核心畫面，但收成一個名詞：不再是『跟軍隊有關的』，而是直接指『那支部隊整體』本身。

the armed forces · noun · B2

The army, navy, and air force of a country, taken together.

軍方 / 軍隊

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。

militaryadj/ˈmɪlɪt(ə)ɹi/

  • 1

    Characteristic of members of the armed forces.

    • She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
    • "My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a result."
  • 2

    Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).

    • If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
  • 3

    Relating to war.

    • The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
  • 4

    Relating to armies or ground forces.

militarynoun/ˈmɪlɪt(ə)ɹi/

  • 1

    Armed forces.

    • He spent six years in the military.
    • attempts by the military to influence government policy

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。