喜樂美語

核心畫面

At its center, sure is the feeling of standing on solid ground: you know it, you've no doubt, nothing inside you wobbles. From that inner certainty everything else grows — certainty about facts and feelings, certainty that something will happen, a firm footing that won't slip, and the easy, confident 'sure!' you say to agree, because when you're sure there's no hesitation left.

sure 的核心可以想成一種「腳踩在實地上」的感覺：你心裡有數、沒有懷疑、一點都不晃。從這份內在的篤定，其他用法一路…更多收起sure 的核心可以想成一種「腳踩在實地上」的感覺：你心裡有數、沒有懷疑、一點都不晃。從這份內在的篤定，其他用法一路長出來——對事實、對自己感受的確定，對某件事一定會發生的確定，腳下踩得穩不打滑的那種牢靠，還有你一口答應時那聲輕鬆的「sure！」，因為一旦篤定，就沒有遲疑了。

原始詞典資料11 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。

sureadj/ʃɔː/

  • 1

    Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

    • This investment is a sure thing.
    • The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.
  • 2

    Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

    • The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disenchanting him from the horror which might else gather upon his feelings.
    • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
  • 3

    Certain to act or be a specified way.

    • Be sure to lock the door when you leave.
  • 4

    Certain to obtain something.

    • Many people book early in order to be sure of the best seats.
  • 5

    obsoleteFree from danger; safe; secure.

    • Feare not: the Forreſt is not three leagues off, / If we recouer that, we are ſure enough.
  • 6

    obsoleteBetrothed; engaged to marry.

    • c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.
    • I presum'd […] [that] you had been sure, as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.

sureadv/ʃɔː/

  • 1

    Without doubt, certainly.

    • Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
    • "Did you kill that bear yourself?" ―"I sure did!"
  • 2

    archaicWithout fail, surely.

    • Theſe are the wings ſhall make it flie as ſwift, As dooth the lightening: or the breath of heauen, And kill as ſure as it ſwiftly flies.

sureintj/ʃɔː/

  • 1

    Yes; of course.

    • "Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."
  • 2

    Yes; I guess; you could say that; a weak or noncommittal positive response.

    • "Do you like cats?" "Sure."
    • "Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."
  • 3

    You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.

    • "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."

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。