核心畫面

A useful picture: someone has put a question mark on something, out loud. The question mark says two things at once — this is probably it, and nobody has checked yet. Every use of the word is that mark, stuck on a different thing: on a person, on an illness, on a pipe.

可以想成,有人把一個問號公開貼在某樣東西上。這個問號同時說了兩件事:大概就是它,而且還沒有人查證。這個字的每一種用法更多收起可以想成,有人把一個問號公開貼在某樣東西上。這個問號同時說了兩件事:大概就是它,而且還沒有人查證。這個字的每一種用法,都是同一個問號,只是貼的位置不同——貼在人身上、貼在病名上、貼在一根管子上。

Three branches

貼在任何東西上:疑似的原因或問題

這一支就是問號本身,還沒挑對象。另外兩支只是把它貼到特定的東西上。

adjective · B2

Put in front of a noun to say that people think this is the cause, the fault or the problem, although it has not been checked or proved.

疑似的;懷疑是…的

貼在人身上:涉嫌某項罪名

把問號貼在一個人和一個罪名上。因為對象是人,這個問號就特別重要——拿掉它,句子等於替法院判了。

adjective · B2

Put in front of a word for a criminal to say that the police or other people believe this person did the crime, while nothing has been proved.

涉嫌的;嫌疑的

貼在身體上:疑似的病或傷

把問號貼在病名或傷勢上。它標的是「看起來像」和「檢查證實」之間那段還沒接上的空白。

adjective · B2

A suspected illness or injury is one that doctors think a person may have, but have not confirmed with tests yet.

疑似的(疾病或傷勢)

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。

suspectedadj/səsˈpɛktɪd/

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    believed to be a cause or at fault.

    • Bring in the suspected vandal.
    • Three casualties were admitted with suspected fractures in their heads.

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。