核心畫面

You can think of a suggestion as gently placing an idea in front of someone's mind — not forcing it, just setting it down so it can take root. The word covers both the openly offered idea and the faint, unspoken trace that slips into your awareness the same quiet way.

可以想成:suggestion 是把一個想法輕輕擺到別人心裡——不是硬塞,而是放下來,讓它自己在對方腦中生根。這個字更多收起可以想成:suggestion 是把一個想法輕輕擺到別人心裡——不是硬塞,而是放下來,讓它自己在對方腦中生根。這個字同時涵蓋兩種「放進來」:一種是你大方講出來的提議,另一種是沒人明講、卻悄悄滲進你意識裡的那一絲跡象或暗示。

Two branches

提出來的想法

把想法明明白白擺到對方面前,讓他考慮或採用——這是最外顯、最主動的一種「放進心裡」。

an idea proposed · noun · B1

An idea or plan that you tell someone about, so they can think about it or use it.

建議/提議

隱約的跡象與暗示

同樣是「進到你心裡」,但這次沒人明講:一個微弱的跡象、一絲難以察覺的量、或不直接說破卻植入念頭的手法,都是想法悄悄滲進來,而不是被大方端出來。

a hint or sign · noun · B1

A small sign that something may be true or may be happening.

跡象/暗示

原始詞典資料5 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。

suggestionnoun/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/

  • 1

    Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

    • make a suggestion
    • I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
  • 2

    The act of suggesting.

    • Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  • 3

    human-sciencespsychologysciencesSomething implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

    • He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
  • 4

    The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.

  • 5

    lawInformation, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。