核心畫面

One way to hold it: a track worn smooth by going over it again and again. The same steps, in the same order, every time — get up, coffee, bus, desk. Because the track is fixed, two different things follow: it is reliable (a dancer's routine, a computer routine), and it can start to feel worn (dull, always the same).

可以想成一條走久了被踩平的路:同樣的幾個步驟、同樣的順序,每次都這樣走——起床、咖啡、公車、辦公桌。正因為這條路是固更多收起可以想成一條走久了被踩平的路:同樣的幾個步驟、同樣的順序,每次都這樣走——起床、咖啡、公車、辦公桌。正因為這條路是固定的,就生出兩種味道:一是可靠(舞者的一套動作、電腦的一段程式都靠它固定),二是走久了會膩(每天都一樣,有點單調)。

From the picture

例行的、日常的

把那條被踩平的路當形容詞用:事情因為天天發生所以「例行」,也因為天天一樣而顯得「單調」——差別只在說話的人怎麼看。

routine (regular) · adjective · B1

Happening as a normal, regular part of a job or process, not special.

例行的

Also in this word

daily routine · noun · B1

The usual set of things you do regularly, in the same order, as part of everyday life.

作息 / 慣例

performance routine · noun · B1

A fixed set of movements, steps, or jokes that make up part of a performance.

一套動作 / 段子

computer routine · noun · B1

A set of computer instructions that make a machine do one particular task.

常式 / 程式段

原始詞典資料8 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。

routinenoun/ɹuːˈtiːn/

  • 1

    A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.

  • 2

    A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.

    • Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine.
    • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • 3

    A set piece of an entertainer's act.

    • stand-up comedy routine
  • 4

    gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsA set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

routineadj/ɹuːˈtiːn/

  • 1

    According to established procedure.

    • "Morning, inspector," affably remarked the cripple—he had not failed to observe the badge—"rather early for your job, eh? Nothing wrong with our supply up here, I hope, eh?" "Nothing at all, sir," said the inspector. "Just an ordinary routine round. We do them regularly."
  • 2

    Regular; habitual.

    • Pepper's forgiven me in the quiet, hurt way women sometimes forgive. She doesn't cry. She doesn't smile either. She's being routine.
    • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
  • 3

    Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

    • Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.

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