喜樂美語

核心畫面

Think of a line someone is allowed to move along, and a rule sitting on top of it that says: this person may go, and the others must wait or stand aside. Everything this phrase means grows out of that one picture. Sometimes the line is a road and the rule decides who moves first. Sometimes the line crosses someone else's field and the rule decides who may pass at all. And sometimes the line itself becomes a thing you can point at — the path on the map, or the strip of land a railway runs along.

可以想成地上有一條「有人被允許通過」的線，線上再壓著一條規則：這一方可以走，其他人要等或讓開。這個詞的每個意思，都是…更多收起可以想成地上有一條「有人被允許通過」的線，線上再壓著一條規則：這一方可以走，其他人要等或讓開。這個詞的每個意思，都是從這張圖長出來的。有時候那條線是馬路，規則決定誰先動。有時候那條線穿過別人的田，規則決定的是能不能走。再往下一步，那條線本身就變成看得見、指得出來的東西——地圖上的那條步道，或是鐵路、電線沿線那一長條土地。所以同一個詞，可以是「先走的權利」，也可以是「走過去的權利」，還可以直接是「那條路」和「那塊地」。

Three branches

誰可以先走

這一家最貼近核心畫面裡的「規則」那一層：兩條路線交會時，規則說誰可以繼續動，誰必須停。

noun · B2

The right to go first when two vehicles, or a vehicle and a person on foot, want to use the same piece of road, so the other side must wait and let you go.

路權／先行權

可以走過去的權利，和那條路

這一家把重點從「誰先走」換成「能不能走」。線還在，但問題變成：這條線穿過別人的地，我有沒有資格踩上去。

noun · B2

The legal right to walk or pass across a piece of land that belongs to someone else, even though the land is not yours.

通行權

那條線佔住的土地

同樣是從「權利」變成「東西」，但這次變出來的不是一條小徑，而是一整條有寬度、有邊界的土地。這是美國用法裡最常見的一個意思，牛津式的學習者字典沒有收。

noun · C1

The strip of land that a road, railway, power line or pipe runs along, which the city or company is allowed to use, build on and keep clear. It is often written right-of-way.

路權用地

原始詞典資料7 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。

right of waynoun

  • 1

    The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.

    • Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way.
  • 2

    A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.

    • 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4), “restricted byway” means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way.
  • 3

    A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation.

    • Meronym: permanent way
    • Phillips granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873.
  • 4

    Land on which a right of way exists.

    • New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a rail line on an unused right of way of the Long Island Rail Road between JFK and Penn Station to whisk passengers to midtown Manhattan in twenty minutes.
  • 5

    The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.

    • For example, if a railroad is required to connect a mine and a smelter, it is necessary to construct a right of way, to lay tracks, etc.
    • Mayne, speaking at the 1999 meeting, ranked the trees along the right-of-way as "old growth" or "rare," although she never defined these terms.
  • 6

    fencinggovernmenthobbiesThe priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.

    • In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last.
  • 7

    The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

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。