喜樂美語

核心畫面

Something was working, then it broke. You go in, put the parts back where they belong, and it works again. The key is that repair always looks backwards: there was a good state before, and the job is to get back to it - which is why the same word stretches to things you cannot hold, like trust or a reputation.

可以想成 repair 的畫面是：東西本來好好的，後來壞了，你動手把它弄回能用的樣子。重點在於 repair 永遠是…更多收起可以想成 repair 的畫面是：東西本來好好的，後來壞了，你動手把它弄回能用的樣子。重點在於 repair 永遠是往回看的——之前有一個好的狀態，現在要把它找回來。正因為這樣，這個字也能用在摸不到的東西上，例如信任、名聲或一段關係。

Two branches

動手把它弄回原狀

動詞的兩個用法差別只在修的是什麼：一個是手上摸得到的東西，一個是看不見卻真的受了傷的東西。

fix/repair · verb · A2

To fix something that is broken, damaged, or not working.

修理；修補

名詞：修這件事、修的狀況

名詞把同一個動作定住：可以指那一次修理本身，也可以指一樣東西「有沒有被好好維持著」的狀態。

a repair (fix) · noun · A2

Something you do to fix a thing that is broken or damaged.

修理；維修

原始詞典資料10 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。

repairverb詞源 1/ɹɪˈpɛə/

  • 1

    To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

    • to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
    • to repair a shattered fortune
  • 2

    To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

    • to repair a loss or damage
    • How can I repair this wrong?

repairnoun詞源 1/ɹɪˈpɛə/

  • 1

    The act of repairing something.

    • I took the car to the workshop for repair.
    • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
  • 2

    communicationcommunicationshuman-sciencesThe act of repairing something.

    • To function in conversation, children must develop the ability to appreciate and respond to listener feedback. This developing awareness is evident in sequences during which children provide repairs in response to indications that a message has not been understood.
    • The ability to participate in conversational repair sequences constitutes an integral part of the language acquisition process (Gallagher, 1977; Garvey, 1975).
  • 3

    The result of repairing something.

    • If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
  • 4

    The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

    • The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
    • The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.

repairnoun詞源 2/ɹɪˈpɛə̯/

  • 1

    The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

    • our annual repair to the mountains
    • The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
  • 2

    A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

    • There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair.

repairverb詞源 2/ɹɪˈpɛə̯/

  • 1

    To transfer oneself to another place.

    • to repair to sanctuary for safety
    • Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.

repairverb詞源 3/ˈɹiːpɛə̯/

  • 1

    To pair again.

    • Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.

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。