核心畫面
Picture a plan moving forward, and someone putting a hand out to stop it: "wait — here is what is wrong with this." An objection is that raised hand together with the reason behind it. It is not just disliking something; it is a stated reason, offered out loud so the others have to deal with it.
可以想成一件事正要往前推,有人伸手擋了一下:「等一下,這裡有問題。」objection 就是那隻舉起來的手,加上手背…更多收起
可以想成一件事正要往前推,有人伸手擋了一下:「等一下,這裡有問題。」objection 就是那隻舉起來的手,加上手背後的理由。它跟單純「不喜歡」不一樣——它是一個講得出來、擺到桌面上讓大家面對的反對理由。所以英文常說 raise an objection(提出)、have no objection(沒有意見要提)。原始詞典資料4 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。
objectionnoun/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- 1
The act of objecting.
- last-minute objection
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
- 2
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- I have no objection to any person's religion.
- There are millions of Jews living in this country, who have known no other home than America, many of whom have strong objections to racism–and who vote, in a supermajority, for the Democratic Party.
- 3
lawAn official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
- Counsel for the property owner immediately raised an objection which was sustained following argument outside the presence of the jury.
objectionintj/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- 1
lawAn assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court.
- Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!
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。