核心畫面

Picture a supply window with a line of people in front of it. Everyone walks past and is handed the same thing: the same boots, the same coat. Nobody is asked which one they would like. Standard is the kind laid down by the rules, and issue is the handing out. The whole word is that picture: the plain version that comes to you because it comes to everybody.

可以想成一個補給窗口,前面排著一列人。每個人走過去,拿到的都是同一份東西:同一雙靴子、同一件外套。沒有人被問想要哪一更多收起可以想成一個補給窗口,前面排著一列人。每個人走過去,拿到的都是同一份東西:同一雙靴子、同一件外套。沒有人被問想要哪一種。standard 是「照規定的那一種」,issue 是「配發出去」。整個字就是這個畫面:發下來的標準款。日常生活裡說某樣東西 standard-issue,用的也是這個畫面——這是大家都會拿到的那一款,沒得挑,也沒什麼特別。

One branch

發下來的標準款

兩個意思共用同一個補給窗口的畫面,差別只在窗口後面站的是軍隊,還是整個日常生活。

adjective · C1

Given to every soldier as an ordinary part of the equipment an army provides.

軍方配發的