核心畫面

One way to picture it: this block was put in place before anyone started. Think of the theatre, where a piece of scenery is built, carried on and stood exactly where it belongs, long before the audience arrives. Whatever the word points at — a scene, a move, a whole operation — it is the part that was arranged first and then carried out, not made up on the spot.

可以想成這樣一幅畫面:這一塊,是開演之前就先擺好的。劇場最容易看見:一塊景片做好、搬上台、放到定位,觀眾都還沒進場。更多收起可以想成這樣一幅畫面:這一塊,是開演之前就先擺好的。劇場最容易看見:一塊景片做好、搬上台、放到定位,觀眾都還沒進場。set 帶著「先擺好、固定下來」的感覺,piece 是「一段、一塊」。不管它後來指的是戲裡的一場、球場上的一套跑位,還是一整套行動,共同點都在這裡——先排好,再照著走,而不是臨場才想。

From the picture

事先排練好的一整套動作

一樣是「先排好、照形式走」,只是排的不再是一段作品,而是一連串真的要做出來的動作。觀眾席換成球場或現場,但「先想好,再照著執行」這一點沒有變。

noun · B2

In football, hockey and similar games, a move a team has planned and practised in advance for the moment play starts again — at a free kick, a corner, a penalty, a goal kick or a throw-in.

定位球戰術

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noun · C1

A piece of stage scenery that stands on its own on the floor, instead of hanging above the stage or being painted on the back wall.

(舞台)立景、景片

noun · C1

A part of a play, film, piece of music, painting or similar work that follows a well-known pattern or style, is carefully shaped in advance, and is often very impressive.

精心安排的名場面