核心畫面

Picture the around a building. It is standing, it is real, people are using it — and everyone already knows it is coming down. Temporary can be thought of as that: something with an ending built into it from the start. The word does not say the thing is small or weak; it says the clock on it is already running.

可以想成大樓外面搭的鷹架。它立在那裡、是真的、大家也真的在用——而所有人一開始就知道它會拆掉。temporary 可更多收起可以想成大樓外面搭的鷹架。它立在那裡、是真的、大家也真的在用——而所有人一開始就知道它會拆掉。temporary 可以想成就是這個:一開始就把「結束」放進去的東西。這個字不是在說它小、說它不牢,而是在說它的時鐘已經在走了。

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。

temporaryadj/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/

  • 1

    Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

    • Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
  • 2

    Existing only for a short time or short times.

temporarynoun/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/

  • 1

    One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.

  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsA short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.

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