核心畫面

Two people think they are talking about the same thing, but each one has taken the words in a different way. Nobody lied and nobody was stupid — the message simply arrived wearing the wrong shape.

兩個人以為在講同一件事,話出口了、也聽進去了,可是聽的人接到的形狀跟說的人送出的形狀不一樣。字面上 mis-(錯開)更多收起兩個人以為在講同一件事,話出口了、也聽進去了,可是聽的人接到的形狀跟說的人送出的形狀不一樣。字面上 mis-(錯開)+ understanding(理解),重點不在「誰錯了」,而在「理解錯開了」——沒有人說謊,也不是誰笨,只是訊息在中間走了樣。這個畫面很重要,因為它天生帶著一層體貼:把問題掛在「理解」上,而不是掛在人身上。

One branch

理解錯開了

這一族就是核心畫面本身,以及它被拿來當外交辭令用的樣子。

failure to understand correctly · noun · B2

A problem that happens because someone did not understand a question, a situation, or an instruction in the right way.

誤會;誤解

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。

misunderstandingnoun/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/

  • 1

    A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.

    • The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding. - Thoughtkick
    • Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states.
  • 2

    A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

    • It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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