核心畫面

Picture handing your ticket to the person at the gate. They look at it, and it holds up — the date is right, the stamp is there — so you go through. Valid is that moment of holding up under a check. A reason can hold up when people examine it in exactly the same way a ticket holds up at the gate.

可以想成你把票交給門口的人。他看了一眼,票撐得住——日期對、章也蓋了,你就進去了。valid 就像「被檢查的時候撐得更多收起可以想成你把票交給門口的人。他看了一眼,票撐得住——日期對、章也蓋了,你就進去了。valid 就像「被檢查的時候撐得住」那一刻。一個理由被別人拿來檢視時站得住腳,跟一張票在門口過得了關,是同一個畫面。

From the word’s history

Valid came through French from Latin validus, 'strong, effective, powerful', from valere 'be strong'. That old strength is still doing the work: a valid ticket and a valid argument are both strong enough to survive being checked.

valid 經由法文來自拉丁文 validus「強壯的、有效的、有力的」,字根 valere 就是「有力量」。那個「強」到今天還在做事:valid 的票和 valid 的理由,都是被人拿去檢查時撐得住的東西。

Online Etymology Dictionary — etymonline.com/word/valid

From the picture

道理站得住腳

把檢查的對象從票換成想法:一個理由被別人翻來看的時候撐得住、挑不出破綻,就跟票過關一樣。

well-founded, sound · adjective · B2

A reason, argument, or point that is valid is sensible and based on good sense, so other people accept it as fair.

站得住腳的

Also in this word

officially acceptable · adjective · B2

A ticket, document, or card that is valid is officially or legally accepted, so you can use it.

有效的

accepted by a computer system · adjective · B2

A valid password, ID, or code is one that a computer system will accept as correct.

有效的

原始詞典資料6 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。

validadj/ˈvælɪd/

  • 1

    Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

    • I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
    • Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
  • 2

    Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

    • A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.
    • Do not drive without a valid license.
  • 3

    Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.

  • 4

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsOf a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.

  • 5

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsOf an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.

    • An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.
  • 6

    ChristianitylifestylereligionGenuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

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