核心畫面
Picture the speaker pointing at their own chest and then sweeping the hand to gather in at least one other person: 'me, plus the others I'm standing with.' We always starts from I and then the circle to take in more.
可以想成：講話的人先指著自己（我），再把手一揮，把身邊至少一個人也圈進來——「我，加上跟我一起的人」。we 永遠是從…更多收起
可以想成：講話的人先指著自己（我），再把手一揮，把身邊至少一個人也圈進來——「我，加上跟我一起的人」。we 永遠是從「我」出發，再把圈子放大、把別人也納進來。原始詞典資料19 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。
wepron詞源 1/wiː/
- 1
Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
- We are here to arrest you.
- It’s time to overcome queasiness and restraint. We, the liberal and progressive people of the world, are at war with the far right to save the earth.
- 2
Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
- We need to have a talk, you and me.
- 3
The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
- We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
- As the government, we have a duty to ensure public safety.
- 4
Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
- I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.
- In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.
- 5
People in general.
- We live and learn.
- We still have much to learn about quantum mechanics.
- 6
The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
- We are Queen of all these Isles.
- Everything we do is so wholesome.
- 7
Everyone being addressed.
- Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight?
- 8
An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.)
- Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning?
- You've been spending all your money boozing when you have a wife and family to support. I think we need to get our priorities straight.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
- "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "I'm afraid we aren't too good today."
- 10
Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
- Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First we take 200 g of butter and we whisk in 200 g of sugar. Next, we ...
- All Vice President [Mike] Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people.
- 11
Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
- To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.
- 12
Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
- Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ...
- 13
archaicUs.
- 14
bridgegamesThe side which is keeping score.
wedet詞源 1/wiː/
- 1
Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.
- We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.
- We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.
wepron詞源 2/wə/
- 1
us
- He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.
- And what have you done for we since? Nowt!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。