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Think of something that has not landed on one fixed point yet: it could still go this way or that, and nobody can put a finger down and say 'that one'. Certain is the pin that holds a thing in place; un- pulls the pin out, and what is left is still moving.
可以想成一件事還沒有「落到一個點上」：可能這樣、也可能那樣，沒有人能指著其中一邊說就是它。certain 像是把東西…更多收起
可以想成一件事還沒有「落到一個點上」：可能這樣、也可能那樣，沒有人能指著其中一邊說就是它。certain 像是把東西釘住的那根釘子，un- 把釘子拔掉，剩下的就是還在晃、還沒定下來的狀態——不管晃的是一件事、一個人的心，還是走路的重心。原始詞典資料7 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。
uncertainadj/ʌnˈsɜːtən/
- 1
Not certain; unsure.
- Conſider man without the protection and conduct of a ſuperior Being, and he is ſecure of nothing that he enjoys in this world, and uncertain of every thing that he hopes for.
- 2
Not known for certain; questionable.
- Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.
- 3
Not yet determined; undecided.
- 4
Variable and subject to change.
- 5
Fitful or unsteady.
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- 6
Unpredictable or capricious.
- O, woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; […]
uncertainnoun/ʌnˈsɜːtən/
- 1
Something uncertain.
- Thinking about the uncertain refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the uncertain is the future and the certain is the present.
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。