核心畫面

Picture something producing another of itself — a second copy where there was one. Living things do it by making young; a printing press does it by making pictures; a scientist does it by making the same result happen twice. The common thread is that the second one matches the first closely enough to count as the same thing again.

可以想成:某樣東西又生出一個同樣的自己——本來只有一個,現在有了第二個。生物靠繁殖來做這件事,印刷機靠複製圖像,科學更多收起可以想成:某樣東西又生出一個同樣的自己——本來只有一個,現在有了第二個。生物靠繁殖來做這件事,印刷機靠複製圖像,科學家則靠讓同樣的結果再出現一次。共通的線索是:第二個和第一個像到可以算「同一樣東西又出現了」。

From the picture

把原件複製出來

把「再生出一個」用在物件上:原件還在,你做出一份和它一樣的——這時動作是人做的,不是自然發生的。

make a printed copy · verb · B2

To make a photograph or printed copy of a picture, map, or piece of writing, especially in a book or newspaper.

翻印;複製

讓同樣的情形或效果再出現

複製的對象不是實體而是「發生的事」:同樣的條件、同樣的結果、同樣的感覺再來一次。

recreate exactly · verb · B2

To make something happen again in exactly the same way it happened the first time.

重現;再現

Also in this word

have offspring · verb · B1

If an animal or plant reproduces, it makes young animals or plants.

繁殖;生殖

原始詞典資料4 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。

reproduceverb/ˌɹiː.pɹəˈdjuːs/

  • 1

    To produce an image or copy of.

  • 2

    biologynatural-sciencesTo generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.

    • The 12-page ruling notes that “Marriage is when a man and a woman are willing to live together, to build a husband and wife relationship to reproduce their offspring […] . Marriage is, therefore, reserved for only a man and a woman.” Other parts in the verdict also mention that members of the LGBTQIA+ community cannot reproduce, as it is against nature, and that people of those communities are no different to other animals with strange behaviours or physical features.
  • 3

    To produce again; to recreate.

  • 4

    To bring something to mind; to recall.

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