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An op-ed is a newspaper page of signed opinion pieces, or one of those pieces. The paper’s own unsigned article — “we think” — is the editorial. An op-ed has a name under it: a teacher, a minister, someone with a view.
An op-ed is a newspaper page of signed opinion piecesop-ed是報紙上一整版署名的意見文章, or one of those pieces或是指其中一篇文章. The paper's own unsigned article報社自己不具名的文章 — "we think"「我們認為」那種 — is the editorial叫做editorial（社論）. An op-ed has a name under itop-ed下面會有署名: a teacher, a minister, someone with a view可能是老師、部長，或某個有想法的人
The name began as office geography, not as a clever blend. Op-ed first meant “opposite the editorial”: the page that sat across from the paper’s own voice. People later decided it must mean “opinion-editorial.” That is a tidy guess, and it is the wrong history, though many English speakers now explain it that way.
The name began as office geography這個名字一開始是指辦公室裡的位置, not as a clever blend不是什麼巧妙的拼字組合. Op-ed first meant "opposite the editorial"op-ed一開始的意思是「在社論的對面」: the page that sat across from the paper's own voice也就是坐落在報社自己聲音對面的那一版. People later decided it must mean "opinion-editorial."後來人們認定它一定是「opinion-editorial」的意思 That is a tidy guess那是個很工整的猜測, and it is the wrong history但歷史上是錯的, though many English speakers now explain it that way儘管現在很多英語使用者都這樣解釋
You hear op-ed in serious news talk, not at the night market.
You hear op-ed in serious news talk你會在正經的新聞用語裡聽到op-ed, not at the night market不是在夜市那種場合
Online there is often no physical page, only a slot for opinion, but people still call the piece an op-ed.
Online there is often no physical page在網路上常常沒有實體的版面, only a slot for opinion只有一個放意見文章的欄位, but people still call the piece an op-ed但人們還是把那篇文章叫做op-ed
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。
op-ednoun/ˈɒpˌɛd/
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A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.
- The purpose of an op-ed is to offer an opinion. It is not a news analysis or a weighing up of alternative views. It requires a clear thesis, backed by rigorously marshaled evidence, in the service of a persuasive argument.
op-edadj/ˈɒpˌɛd/
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Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
- The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.
- For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doer's Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6.
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Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.
- Descriptions of him vary from "aggressively intelligent," "inventive," "articulate," "the most ‘op-ed’ academic in the field of education" to "arrogant" "combative," "hostile," and "dismissive" of ideas not his own.
op-edverb/ˈɒpˌɛd/
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rareTo write an op-ed article.
- Getting either or both of the Cubs and Red Sox into the World Series on their hallowed home fields had been a happy possibility nationally discussed and op-edded since July, and when the two teams were again dispatched winless into winter their fans were left with a last gnawing weirdness: […]
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。