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Something is held out — a free ticket, an offer, an invitation — and the word points at whoever reaches out and takes it. A taker is the hand on the receiving end. Depending on what is being held out, that can be a nice thing (someone accepted) or a pointed thing (someone only ever receives).
可以想成：有東西被遞出來——免費的票、一個提案、一份邀約——taker 指的就是伸手接下的那個人，也就是「接的那一頭…更多收起
可以想成：有東西被遞出來——免費的票、一個提案、一份邀約——taker 指的就是伸手接下的那個人，也就是「接的那一頭」。從這個畫面出發，這個字往兩邊走：一邊單純講「有沒有人要」，另一邊把「只接不遞」的形象放大，用來說一個人在關係裡老是拿好處卻不回饋。原始詞典資料4 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。
takernoun/ˈteɪkɚ/
- 1
One who takes something.
- She is known as quite a risk taker.
- The hostage taker decided to surrender to the police.
- 2
A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
- I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.
- 3
One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
- Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?
- I'm selling handmade postcards—any takers?
- 4
obsoleteA nipper or claw of a scorpion.
- The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh.
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。