喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture all the things going on around you at one moment, with everything in its place — that whole arrangement of how things 'stand' right now.

可以想成：把某個時刻周圍正在發生的所有事，連同每樣東西所在的位置，一起攤開成一張「現在的全景圖」。核心畫面比較像「事…更多收起可以想成：把某個時刻周圍正在發生的所有事，連同每樣東西所在的位置，一起攤開成一張「現在的全景圖」。核心畫面比較像「事情此刻擺成的樣子、所站的位置」——不只是一件事，而是整個場面、整個局勢怎麼擺著。從這個「東西擺在哪、事情站成什麼樣」的底色，往實的方向就成了「一棟建築所處的地點」，往虛的方向就成了「整體的情勢、局面」。

Three branches

情勢、局面

把「東西此刻擺成的樣子」這張全景圖，從具體位置抽象成「事情整體的狀態」——周圍正在發生的一切加在一起，就成了你眼前的局面。

circumstances · noun · B1

All the things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a certain time and place.

情況 / 局面

所處的地點

這一族是核心畫面往「實體位置」這頭落地：不是抽象的局勢，而是一棟建築實際「站」在哪裡、坐落於什麼樣的環境。同一個「東西擺在哪」的底色，只是這次擺的是房子。

location of a building · noun · B1

The kind of place where a building stands, especially talked about when people sell or advertise it.

地點 / 位置

職位（舊用法）

也是從「位置」延伸：一個人在工作上「所站的位子」就是他的職位。這層用法較舊，多指在別人家裡的有薪差事，等於把「位置」用在人身上——你在這份工作裡佔的那個位子。

a job (dated) · noun · B1

A job, especially a paid one in someone's home (an old way of saying it).

職位 / 工作

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。

situationnoun/ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən/

  • 1

    The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.

    • The United States is in an awkward situation with debt default looming.
    • Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
  • 2

    The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.

    • The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.
    • […]he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
  • 3

    The place in which something is situated; a location.

    • […] one of the most pleasant situations in America. With the exception of one melancholy season, no town in the union, of its size, has had a greater share of the inestimable blessing of health.
    • [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
  • 4

    Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.

  • 5

    A position of employment; a post.

    • ‘Let me hear another sound from you,’ said Scrooge, ‘and you’ll keep your Christmas by losing your situation!
    • When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
  • 6

    A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

    • Boss, we've got a situation here…
  • 7

    An individual movie theater.

    • This survey includes all key situations (including Paramount Gulf Theaters) as well as suburban runs and small-town situations.
    • […] Craterian theatre, with a full-scale advance campaign and preliminary screenings held for opinion-makers. Results and reactions will be closely studied and, if popular, the idea will be extended to other situations.
  • 8

    slangAn outfit, garment, or look.

    • She is working some sort of amazing burgundy chiffon situation with gold piping.

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。