核心畫面

You can think of an action as an arrow aimed at one target: the medicine is aimed at the cough, the new rule is aimed at one problem, the function is aimed at one answer. The arrow usually hits. A side effect is whatever else got moved along the way, off to the side of the line the arrow travelled. Nothing in the picture says that extra thing is bad — only that nobody was aiming at it.

可以想成一支瞄準目標射出去的箭:藥瞄準咳嗽,新規定瞄準一個問題,一段程式瞄準一個答案。箭多半會射中。而在那條線的旁邊更多收起可以想成一支瞄準目標射出去的箭:藥瞄準咳嗽,新規定瞄準一個問題,一段程式瞄準一個答案。箭多半會射中。而在那條線的旁邊,被順手碰到、也跟著動了的東西,就是 side effect。畫面裡沒有說那樣東西是壞的,只說沒有人瞄準它。這也是為什麼英文可以講 a happy side effect。

Two branches

藥帶出來的另一種作用

最具體、最常遇到的一支:箭是藥效,旁邊被碰到的是身體的其他反應。

noun · C1

A change in your body that a medicine causes as well as the effect it is meant to have. Side effects are usually unwanted ones, such as feeling sleepy, feeling sick, or getting a rash.

副作用

做一件事順便冒出來的結果

同一支箭的畫面搬離醫療:射出去的變成一個決定、一條規定、一段程式。

noun · C1

A result of an action, decision, or event that nobody planned or expected, and that happens alongside the main result. It can be a good result as well as a bad one.

附帶的影響