喜樂美語
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    nB2

    /ˈspekteɪtər/ · /spekˈteɪtə/

    Someone who is watching an event or game, especially a sports match, without taking part.

    觀眾

    複數 spectators

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture a spectator as the person in the stands, not on the field — eyes on the game, hands not in it. The word draws a line between the people doing the thing and the people watching it happen.

可以想成「坐在看台上、而不是站在場上的那個人」：眼睛跟著比賽跑，但手沒有伸進去。這個字最主要的功能就是畫出那條線——…更多收起可以想成「坐在看台上、而不是站在場上的那個人」：眼睛跟著比賽跑，但手沒有伸進去。這個字最主要的功能就是畫出那條線——一邊是下場做事的人，一邊是在旁邊看的人。也因為這條線很清楚，英文才會用 a spectator sport（適合觀賞的運動）或 be a mere spectator（只是袖手旁觀）這樣的說法。

原始詞典資料2 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。

spectatornoun/spɛkˈteɪtə/

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    One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.

    • The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
    • Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
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    One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.

    • The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.

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。