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The special words that belong to one subject, job, or activity. Every field has its own set: doctors say 'benign' and 'lesion', lawyers say 'plaintiff' and 'tort', computer people say 'cache' and 'thread'.
that belong to屬於 one subject, job, or activity某個領域、職業、或活動的 The special words專門詞彙。Every field has its own set每個領域都有自己的一套 doctors say 'benign' and 'lesion'醫生會說'benign'(良性的)和'lesion'(病灶) lawyers say 'plaintiff' and 'tort'律師會說'plaintiff'(原告)和'tort'(侵權行為) computer people say 'cache' and 'thread'做電腦的人會說'cache'(快取)和'thread'(執行緒)
When you say 'medical terminology' or 'legal terminology', you mean the whole collection of those words taken together — not one word, but the vocabulary of that world. The word is usually uncountable and often has 'of' or an adjective in front: 'the terminology of statistics', 'business terminology', 'technical terminology'. You can also use it in the plural ('terminologies') when you are comparing two different systems side by side, but that is rare and quite academic.
When you say 'medical terminology' or 'legal terminology'當你說'medical terminology'(醫學術語)或'legal terminology'(法律術語)的時候 you mean the whole collection of those words taken together你指的是這些詞全部加起來的整套 not one word, but the vocabulary of that world不是單一個詞,而是那個領域的詞彙。The word is usually uncountable這個字通常是不可數名詞 and often has 'of' or an adjective in front前面常常會加'of'或一個形容詞 'the terminology of statistics', 'business terminology', 'technical terminology'像'the terminology of statistics'(統計學的術語)、'business terminology'(商業術語)、'technical terminology'(技術術語)。You can also use it in the plural ('terminologies')你也可以用複數'terminologies' when you are comparing two different systems side by side在比較兩套不同系統的時候 but that is rare and quite academic不過這種用法很少見、而且相當學術
It carries a small feeling. When people say 'the terminology is confusing' or 'I don't know the terminology yet', they mean the words are a wall standing between them and the idea behind it. So the word often appears when someone is being shut out, or is admitting they are new. Teachers and writers also use it in the other direction — 'let me explain the terminology first' — meaning: before we can talk, I have to hand you the words.
It carries a small feeling它帶著一點小小的感覺。When people say 'the terminology is confusing' or 'I don't know the terminology yet'當人說'the terminology is confusing'(這些術語讓人搞不懂)或'I don't know the terminology yet'(我還不懂這些術語)的時候 they mean the words are a wall standing between them and the idea behind it他們的意思是這些字像一道牆,擋在他們和背後的概念之間。So the word often appears所以這個字常常出現 when someone is being shut out在有人被排除在外的時候 or is admitting they are new或是在承認自己是新手的時候。Teachers and writers also use it in the other direction老師和作者也會反過來用這個字 'let me explain the terminology first'像'let me explain the terminology first'(讓我先解釋一下術語) meaning: before we can talk, I have to hand you the words意思是在我們能對話之前,我得先把這些字交給你
It is a formal word, and it usually points at hard or technical words, not at slang or the special words a family or a group of friends share. For that you would say 'jargon' (which sounds and shuts people out) or just 'the words we use'. 'Terminology' is the neutral, respectful one: it says these words are precise and exist for a reason, even if you don't know them yet.
It is a formal word這是一個正式的字 and it usually points at hard or technical words通常指的是艱深或專業的字 not at slang or the special words a family or a group of friends share不是指俚語,也不是一家人或一群朋友之間才懂的特殊用語。For that you would say 'jargon'那種情況你會說'jargon'(行話) (which sounds unfriendly and shuts people out)(聽起來不太友善、會把人擋在外面) or just 'the words we use'或是就說'the words we use'(我們用的那些字)。'Terminology' is the neutral, respectful one'terminology'(術語)則是中性、比較尊重的說法 it says these words are precise and exist for a reason它表示這些字很精確,而且是有原因才存在的 even if you don't know them yet就算你還不懂也一樣
組成terminus (拉丁文「界線、範圍」,也是 term「術語」的來源——一個詞就是把意思圈起來的界線) + -o- + -logy (「某某之學、談論某某」,來自希臘文 -logía)。所以字面是「談論詞語的學問」。這個字是先在法文 terminologie/德文 Terminologie 造出來,英文再借過來的。
同家族的字
- termsame Latin terminus — a term is one bounded, defined word
- terminusthe Latin word itself, borrowed straight into English
- biologyshares the -logy ending, 'the study of'
- psychologyshares the -logy ending, 'the study of'
原始詞典資料3 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。
terminologynoun/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
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The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
- Ad for advertisement is struggling hard for general recognition; some of its compounds, e. g., ad-writer, want-ad, display-ad, ad-card, ad-rate, column-ad and ad-man, are already accepted in technical terminology.
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.[…]Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus, by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying.
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The scientific study of such terms.
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。