核心畫面
People who used to be together, apart for a long stretch, standing in the same room again. The word carries the whole shape of that: there was a bond, then distance, and now the closing of the distance. The 're-' is doing real work — you cannot have one with strangers.
可以想成：本來在一起的人，分開了很長一段時間，如今又站在同一個空間裡。這個字帶著完整的弧線：先有連結，中間隔開，現在…更多收起
可以想成：本來在一起的人，分開了很長一段時間，如今又站在同一個空間裡。這個字帶著完整的弧線：先有連結，中間隔開，現在距離被收回來了。字首的 re-（再一次）是關鍵——跟陌生人之間不會有 reunion。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。
reunionnoun/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
- 1
The process or act of reuniting.
- The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.
- It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again.
- 2
A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.
- Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?
reunionverb/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/
- 1
To form a reunion or an act of reuniting.
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 Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。