核心畫面

Picture a drawer full of loose things, and then the same drawer with everything in its place. Nothing was added or thrown away — what changed is that each item now has a spot and a relationship to the others. That move from a heap to a structure is the word, whether the heap is your desk, a set of facts, a crowd of people, or all the parts of an event that has not happened yet.

可以想成:一個塞滿零散東西的抽屜,然後是同一個抽屜、每樣東西都歸位的樣子。沒有多什麼也沒有丟什麼,改變的是每樣東西現更多收起可以想成:一個塞滿零散東西的抽屜,然後是同一個抽屜、每樣東西都歸位的樣子。沒有多什麼也沒有丟什麼,改變的是每樣東西現在都有自己的位置,也和其他東西有了關係。從一堆變成一個結構——這就是這個字,不管那一堆是你的書桌、一疊資料、一群人,還是一場還沒發生的活動的所有環節。

From the picture

把一件事的所有環節安排起來

整理的對象換成「還沒發生的一件事」:時間、場地、人、流程本來各自散著,把它們排進位置,這件事才辦得成。

organize (an event) · verb · A2

To plan an event or activity and get everything ready so that it can really happen.

籌辦;安排

把人編成一個團隊

被整理的是人:本來只是一群各做各的,分配好每個人的角色之後,就成了一個能一起行動的整體。

organize (a group) · verb · B1

To bring a group of people together and give each of them a job, so that they can work as one team.

組織(一群人)

Also in this word

organize; tidy · verb · A2

To put your things, your work, or your time into better order so that everything is easier to find and easier to do.

整理;打理

arrange into a system · verb · B1

To put things into a clear pattern or system, with each part in the place it belongs.

編排;按系統排列

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。

organizeverb/ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

  • 1

    To arrange in working order.

    • Multiple bits moving in macroprocess join triplet macrounits which logically organize information networks encoding units in structures enclosing triplet code.
  • 2

    To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.

    • This original and supreme will organizes the government.
    • With Arthur it was clearly the Falklands factor writ large. Actions such as organizing and building the Wansdyke or Cadbury 11 (the refortification) would have strengthened the authority and extended the power of whichever king was the organizer.
  • 3

    To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life

    • an organized being
    • organized matter
  • 4

    entertainmentlifestylemusicTo sing in parts.

    • to organize an anthem
    • Formerly , those Catholic priests who sung in parts : so to sing , was to organize
  • 5

    To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.

    • the workers decided to organize; their next task was to organize the workers at the steel mill

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