核心畫面

Someone with authority calls, and you are expected to come. A summons is that call made solid — a voice, a bell, or a sheet of paper with a date on it. It is not an invitation, because choosing not to go is itself an act with a cost.

summons 可以想成這個畫面:有權力的人喊了你一聲,而你被預期要出現。這個字指的就是那一聲「叫」,只是它被做成了更多收起summons 可以想成這個畫面:有權力的人喊了你一聲,而你被預期要出現。這個字指的就是那一聲「叫」,只是它被做成了看得見、拿得到的東西——一個鐘聲、一封信、一張寫著日期的紙。它跟邀請不一樣,因為「不去」本身就是一個有代價的決定。

From the word’s history

From Middle English somouns, from Old French sumunce, from Latin summonēre (to summon) — originally a noun made from the past participle of that verb, which is why the -s is part of the word and not a plural.

從中古英文 somouns 來,再往前是古法文 sumunce,源頭是拉丁文 summonēre(召喚)。它原本是那個拉丁動詞的過去分詞變成的名詞,所以字尾的 -s 一開始就在字裡面,不是複數。

Wiktionary entry for summons, etymology 1 (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1099947246)

Two branches

叫你來的那一聲

這一支就是核心畫面本身,還沒有被制度化之前的樣子。

noun · C1

An order or call telling someone to come, or to do something, from a person who has the power to expect it. This use is formal, and the examples recorded for it are mostly from older writing.

召喚/召集令

法院的那張紙、那個動作

法律把上面那個畫面寫成了制度:叫你的人變成法院,那一聲叫變成一張有日期的紙,而「不去」的代價也被寫進規則裡。

noun · B2

An official written order telling someone that they must come to a court of law on a particular day, either because they are accused of something, or because the court needs them there as a witness or a juror.

傳票

原始詞典資料6 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。

summonsnoun詞源 1/ˈsʌ.mənz/

  • 1

    A call to do something, especially to come.

    • He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon[…]; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.
    • this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey
  • 2

    lawA notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.

    • Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)
  • 3

    governmentmilitarypoliticsA demand for surrender.

summonsverb詞源 1/ˈsʌ.mənz/

  • 1

    To serve someone with a summons.

    • It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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