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Vim means lively energy — the bounce and force a person brings to what they are doing. If you clean the kitchen with vim, you are not dragging yourself around; you are moving fast, scrubbing hard, maybe humming. It is about spirit as much as strength.
Vim means lively energyvim的意思是充滿活力的能量 the bounce and force a person brings to what they are doing一個人做事情時帶出來的那種彈勁和幹勁 If you clean the kitchen with vim, you are not dragging yourself around如果你with vim（帶勁地）打掃廚房，你不會拖拖拉拉 you are moving fast, scrubbing hard, maybe humming你動作很快、用力刷洗，說不定還哼著歌 It is about spirit as much as strength它講的既是精神，也是力氣
Two things to know about how it is really used. First, it almost never travels alone. Nine times out of ten it appears in the fixed phrase "vim and " (American spelling: ), and outside that phrase it can sound odd.
Two things to know about how it is really used關於這個字實際上怎麼用，有兩件事要知道 First, it almost never travels alone第一，它幾乎不會單獨出現 Nine times out of ten it appears in the fixed phrase "vim and vigour" (American spelling: vigor)十次有九次它會出現在固定片語「vim and vigour美式拼法：vigor，活力十足」裡 and outside that phrase it can sound odd離開這個片語，它聽起來可能會怪怪的
Second, it is old-fashioned and slightly playful. It belongs to the voice of a , or an old advertisement, or someone being cheerful on purpose. A young person describing their friend would say energy, or say she is full of life; they would not say vim unless they were being a little funny.
Second, it is old-fashioned and slightly playful第二，它是個老派、帶點俏皮的字 It belongs to the voice of a grandparent, or an old advertisement, or someone being cheerful on purpose它屬於祖父母說話的語氣、老廣告的語氣，或是刻意裝開心的人的語氣 A young person describing their friend would say energy, or say she is full of life一個年輕人形容朋友會說energy（活力），或說she is full of life（她活力充沛） they would not say vim unless they were being a little funny除非是故意搞笑，不然他們不會說vim
It is an uncountable noun, so there is no "a vim" and no "vims" — you have vim, or you are full of vim.
It is an uncountable noun, so there is no "a vim" and no "vims"這是個不可數名詞，所以沒有「a vim」也沒有「vims」這種說法 you have vim, or you are full of vim你只會說you have vim（你有活力），或you are full of vim（你充滿活力）
One more thing worth knowing, since students meet it on computers: Vim is also the name of a well-known text editor used by programmers. That name is not this word at all — it stands for "Vi ". If you search this word online, that is mostly what you will find.
One more thing worth knowing, since students meet it on computers還有一件值得知道的事，因為學生會在電腦上遇到它 Vim is also the name of a well-known text editor used by programmersVim也是程式設計師常用的一款知名文字編輯器的名字 That name is not this word at all — it stands for "Vi IMproved"那個名字其實跟這個字完全無關——它是「Vi IMproved」的縮寫 If you search this word online, that is mostly what you will find如果你在網路上搜尋這個字，找到的大多會是那個編輯器
組成Possibly from Latin vim, the accusative form of vīs, meaning "force, power, strength" — and in New Latin, "energy". But scholars are not certain: it may instead be a modern invented word, made up because the short sharp sound feels energetic. So treat the Latin story as likely, not proven.
同家族的字
- vigourthe word vim is almost always paired with; also energy and strength, but usable on its own
原始詞典資料1 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。
vimnoun/vɪm/
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Ready vitality and vigour.
- But he was, doubtless, totally unconscious that he was to be the chief personage in this most important story, or he would have acted out his real nature with all the vim and pathos which heroes always manifest in like circumstances.
- The Yankees fought with pluck to the last, but the vigor and vim of the attack was too much for them. They were Michigan men, and were quite indignant at being called "Yankees."
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。