退場這件事
兩筆都在講同一條下架的路，差別在於是自然走上去的，還是被人安排好的。
noun · C1
The state of being out of date and no longer used, or the process of getting there, because something newer and better has taken over.
過時、淘汰
核心畫面
Picture a thing slowly leaving the shelf. It is not broken and it has not disappeared. Something newer arrived beside it, fewer people reached for it, and in the end nobody did. Obsolescence is the name for that walk off the shelf — the road, not the object standing on it. The Latin root already carries the word gradually, which is why it sounds more like out than like breaking down.
可以想成一樣東西慢慢走下架的過程。它沒有壞，也沒有不見。只是旁邊出現了更新的選擇，伸手拿它的人越來越少，最後沒人拿了…更多收起
可以想成一樣東西慢慢走下架的過程。它沒有壞，也沒有不見。只是旁邊出現了更新的選擇，伸手拿它的人越來越少，最後沒人拿了。obsolescence 講的就是這段「走下去」的路，不是路上那個東西。它的拉丁字根裡本來就帶著「逐漸」的意思，所以聽起來比較像慢慢退場，而不是突然報廢。From the word’s history
From Latin obsolescere, to fall gradually into disuse. The -sc- part of a Latin verb marks a change happening bit by bit, which is why the word feels like a slow fading rather than a sudden end.
來自拉丁文 obsolēscere，意思是「慢慢不再被使用」。拉丁文動詞裡的 -sc- 這一段表示「逐漸變成」，所以這個字給人的感覺是一點一點淡出，而不是一下子結束。英文的 obsolete 和 obsolescent 也是從這裡來的。
Wiktionary kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:817096650:17748 (Latin obsolēscēns, present participle of obsolēscere)
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