喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture one person standing just behind one other person, holding the calendar, the letters and the tickets. Everything that would slow that one person down comes to the assistant first. The word personal is doing the work here: not an assistant for a team, an assistant for a person.

可以想成一個人站在另一個人身後，手上拿著行事曆、信件和機票。所有會拖慢那個人的雜事，都先經過助理這一關。真正吃重的字…更多收起可以想成一個人站在另一個人身後，手上拿著行事曆、信件和機票。所有會拖慢那個人的雜事，都先經過助理這一關。真正吃重的字是 personal：他不是整個團隊的助理，而是「某一個人的」助理。兩個意思都從這個畫面來，差別只在工作重心落在哪裡——是『讓這個人整天跑得順』，還是『替這個人處理辦公室事務』。

One branch

專屬於一個人的幫手

兩個意思是同一個職位的寬窄兩種寫法，實務上常常重疊，同一個人兩種說法都適用。

noun · B2

Someone whose job is to work for one particular person and help that person get their work done — keeping their calendar, handling their mail and calls, booking their travel, and often taking care of day-to-day personal jobs as well.

私人助理

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。

personal assistantnoun

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    Someone whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks.

    • Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. / Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! / Jen: It means "personal assistant". / Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. What does that actually involve? / Jen: Oh, you know, picking up his mail, going to the supermarket for him, getting his washing. I have to say, Moss, it's a real step up.

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。