核心畫面

Picture two or more things brought into one shared space, doing the same thing side by side instead of apart. Almost every use of 'together' is some version of this: closing a gap so that separate things become 'with each other' rather than alone.

可以想成把原本分開的東西拉到同一個地方、做同一件事——本來各走各的,現在靠在一塊、彼此相伴。'together' 幾更多收起可以想成把原本分開的東西拉到同一個地方、做同一件事——本來各走各的,現在靠在一塊、彼此相伴。'together' 幾乎每個用法都是這幅畫面的變形:把中間的距離收掉,讓分開的東西變成「彼此在一起」,而不是各自孤立。

原始詞典資料5 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。

togetheradv/tʊˈɡɛð.ə/

  • 1

    At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.

    • We went to school together.
    • We can't all talk together; let's take turns politely.
  • 2

    Into one place; into a single thing; combined.

    • He put all the parts together.
    • Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
  • 3

    In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.

    • Bob and Andy went into business together.  Jenny and Mark have been together since they went on holiday to Mexico.
    • A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
  • 4

    Without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.

    • It has been raining four days together
    • He would weep for hours together, and I verily believe that to the very end this spoilt child of life thought his weak tears in some way efficacious.

togetheradj/tʊˈɡɛð.ə/

  • 1

    informalCoherent; well-organized.

    • He’s really together.
    • Youthful, former fashion model & dancer needs to find a serious, together individual to call his own.

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