核心畫面

You can picture offence as a blow that lands on something: a person walks up and knocks against a line other people were keeping. Sometimes the line is the law, so the knock is a crime with a name and a punishment. Sometimes the line is another person's feelings, so the knock is a hurt they carry away. The word stays on the side of the one doing the striking and the damage it leaves.

可以想成「撞上去」的那一下:有人朝著一條大家原本守著的線撞過去。那條線有時候是法律,撞上去就成了有名字、有罰則的罪行更多收起可以想成「撞上去」的那一下:有人朝著一條大家原本守著的線撞過去。那條線有時候是法律,撞上去就成了有名字、有罰則的罪行(drink-driving is a serious offence);有時候是別人的感受,撞上去留下的就是對方心裡那道不舒服。這個字的視線一直放在「撞的人」和「撞出來的損傷」上,而不是被撞的人怎麼回應。

原始詞典資料1 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。

offencenoun

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    UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.

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