核心畫面

Picture someone noticing something and saying it out loud — one sentence, not a speech, offered because it struck them: 'It's colder than yesterday.' The word covers that sentence and the act of making it. In the plural and in formal settings it stretches to cover the short prepared speech a guest gives before dinner.

可以想成:一個人注意到了什麼,就順口說出來——一句話,不是演講,說出來只因為他剛好看到了:「今天比昨天冷欸。」這個字更多收起可以想成:一個人注意到了什麼,就順口說出來——一句話,不是演講,說出來只因為他剛好看到了:「今天比昨天冷欸。」這個字既指那句話,也指「說出那句話」這個動作。到了正式場合,它的複數形還可以指賓客上台前準備好的簡短致詞。共通點是:內容不長,而且是針對眼前的事而發。

From the picture

場合上的簡短致詞

把「說幾句話」放大到正式場合:還是不長,但這次是事先準備、站著對大家講的。所以英文用複數,指的是那一整段話。

prepared remarks, speech · noun · C1

The things a person says in a short, planned speech in front of other people.

致詞;發言

Also in this word

comment · noun · B1

Something you say that gives your opinion or tells people what you have noticed.

話;評論

remark, say something · verb · B2

To say something, especially about something you have just noticed.

說道;評論

原始詞典資料11 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。

remarknoun詞源 1/ɹɪˈmɑɹk/

  • 1

    An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.

    • It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.
  • 2

    An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something

    • make a remark
    • pass a remark
  • 3

    A casual observation, comment, or statement

    • He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.

remarkverb詞源 1/ɹɪˈmɑɹk/

  • 1

    To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.

    • I remarked a certain twang in his southern pronunciation.
    • 'Did you ever remark that door?' he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, 'It is connected in my mind,' added he, 'with a very odd story.'
  • 2

    obsoleteTo pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.

    • [S]he resolved to […] enter into conversation with her, by remarking the warmth of the room and the length of the dance.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.

    • His manacles remark him; there he sits.
  • 4

    To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.

    • He remarked that it was getting late.
    • Thou art a man remark't to taſt a miſchiefe, / Looke for't; though it come late, it vvill come ſure.
  • 5

    To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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