核心畫面

Picture a gap between a person and a thing where recognition should be: nothing comes back, no click of 'I know this'. English can stand at either end of that gap — describe the thing as unfamiliar to you, or describe you as unfamiliar with it. Same gap, opposite starting points.

可以想成:一個人和一樣東西之間,本來該有的「認得」不見了——看了沒有反應,腦中沒有那一聲「啊我知道」。英文可以站在這更多收起可以想成:一個人和一樣東西之間,本來該有的「認得」不見了——看了沒有反應,腦中沒有那一聲「啊我知道」。英文可以站在這道空隙的任何一端來講:說那樣東西對你來說是陌生的,或說你對那樣東西不熟。空隙同一道,只是出發點相反。

From the picture

從人那一端說

同一道空隙,換成人當主詞:不是東西陌生,而是你接觸得少、還不熟。因為方向反過來,介系詞也跟著換。

unfamiliar with · adjective · B2

to have little or no experience of something, so you do not know it well.

不熟悉

Also in this word

unknown; unfamiliar · adjective · B2

not known to you because you have not seen, heard, or experienced it before.

陌生的

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。

unfamiliaradj/ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/

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    Strange, not familiar.

    • United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.

unfamiliarnoun/ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/

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    An unfamiliar person; a stranger.

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