核心畫面

A helpful picture is carrying a weight without putting it down and without breaking: something unwelcome presses on you — noise, heat, a person's habits, a drug, a dry summer — and you take the pressure and keep going. Nothing is fixed and nothing is enjoyed; what matters is that you did not collapse and did not push back.

可以想成:扛著一個不想要的重量,既沒放下、也沒被壓垮。噪音、悶熱、別人的脾氣、一種藥、一整季不下雨——它壓在你身上,更多收起可以想成:扛著一個不想要的重量,既沒放下、也沒被壓垮。噪音、悶熱、別人的脾氣、一種藥、一整季不下雨——它壓在你身上,而你就這樣撐著繼續走。事情沒有被解決,你也沒有變得喜歡它;重點只在兩件事:你沒有垮,而且你沒有反手把它推開。這個「承受住」的畫面,人、植物、身體都適用,也是它變成社會用語(容許別人跟你不一樣)的起點。

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。

tolerateverb/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/

  • 1

    To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.

    • The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
  • 2

    To bear, withstand.

    • I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
    • The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.

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