核心畫面

Picture a set of car keys being handed across a desk, and then ask one question of every use of this word: whose self is it? The word is built from self plus drive, so it always says that the driving is done by the thing itself rather than by someone hired for the job. What changes is who counts as the self. Hold the keys and the question together, and the whole entry opens.

「self-drive」可以想成一串鑰匙從櫃檯遞過來,然後對它的每個用法問同一句話:這裡的「自己」是誰?這個字由 s更多收起「self-drive」可以想成一串鑰匙從櫃檯遞過來,然後對它的每個用法問同一句話:這裡的「自己」是誰?這個字由 self(自己)和 drive(開車)組成,意思永遠是「開車的不是外請的人,是自己」。會變的只有「自己」指誰。把鑰匙和這個問題一起記住,整個詞就通了。

One branch

方向盤在你手上

這一族裡的「自己」是人:鑰匙交到你手上,開車的是你,行程也就跟著是你的。

adjective · B2

A self-drive car is one that you rent and then drive yourself, instead of paying for a car that comes with a driver.

自駕租車的