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Two things are synchronous if they happen at the same time, or run at the same speed and stay together. It is a formal, technical word — an engineer, a scientist or a teacher writing a course description will use it, while an ordinary speaker just says 'at the same time'.
Two things are synchronous如果兩件事同時發生 if they happen at the same time, or run at the same speed and stay together或以相同的速度進行並保持一致,就可以說它們是synchronous。It is a formal, technical word這是一個正式、專業的字 — an engineer, a scientist or a teacher writing a course description will use it工程師、科學家,或是在寫課程說明的老師會用它, while an ordinary speaker just says 'at the same time'而一般說話的人只會說「at the same time」
You meet it most in computing and in education. In computing, a synchronous task waits: the program does one thing, finishes it, and only then starts the next — the opposite, 'asynchronous', lets it start something and get on with other work while it waits.
You meet it most in computing and in education你最常在電腦領域和教育領域遇到它。In computing在電腦領域, a synchronous task waits一個synchronous的工作會等待: the program does one thing, finishes it, and only then starts the next程式做完一件事、完成之後,才開始下一件 — the opposite, 'asynchronous', lets it start something and get on with other work while it waits相反的'asynchronous'則是可以先開始做某件事,等待的同時繼續做別的工作
In teaching, a 'synchronous class' means everybody is online together at the same hour, and an ' class' means you watch the recording whenever you like. That pair became everyday school vocabulary during the years of online lessons, so if you study in English you will see both.
In teaching在教學上, a 'synchronous class' means everybody is online together at the same hour'synchronous class'(同步課程)指大家在同一個時段一起上線, and an 'asynchronous class' means you watch the recording whenever you like而'asynchronous class'(非同步課程)則是你可以隨時看錄影上課。That pair became everyday school vocabulary during the years of online lessons這一組詞在線上課程盛行的那幾年變成校園日常用語, so if you study in English you will see both所以如果你用英文學習,這兩個字你都會遇到
Note the ordinary short verb is 'synchronise' (or 'sync'), and the common adjective from it is 'synchronised' — 'synchronised swimming', not 'synchronous swimming'.
Note要注意 the ordinary short verb is 'synchronise' (or 'sync')一般常用的短動詞是'synchronise'(或'sync'), and the common adjective from it is 'synchronised'由它衍生出來的常見形容詞是'synchronised' — 'synchronised swimming', not 'synchronous swimming'是'synchronised swimming'(水上芭蕾),不是'synchronous swimming'
組成syn- 'together' + chron- 'time' (Greek khronos) + -ous, the ending that makes an adjective. Together: 'having the same time'.
同家族的字
- asynchronoussame word with a- 'not' in front: not at the same time
- synchronisethe verb from the same syn- + chron-; to make things match in time
- chronologicalsame chron- 'time'
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。
synchronousadj/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/
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At the same time, at the same frequency.
- But in these pictures it was possible for all the incidents to coexist at the one moment. In the 'Release of Peter' this was not possible. The waking and astonished soldiers to the left might be looking upon the miracle of the centre, but the escape of the Apostle over their recumbent bodies could not be synchronous with either of the other scenes
- There is a synchronous tie between the motors in each machine room to ensure that the span remains level during raising and lowering.
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computingengineeringmathematicsInteracting with other elements in series; blocking; interacting with the same program or thread as other operations, thereby preventing those operations from resuming until the operation of interest is complete.
- Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.
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。