喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a boundary drawn around something — the walls of a building, the edge of an area — and you are on the inside of that line, not past it. 'Within' places you inside some boundary. From that one spatial picture the line is then redrawn as time (inside a stretch of time), distance (inside a circle of so many miles), an organization (inside the group), a limit (not crossing the set line), and the inner self (inside a person).

可以想成有一條邊界圍著某樣東西——一棟建築的牆、一塊區域的邊緣——而你站在這條線的裡面，沒有越過它。within 把…更多收起可以想成有一條邊界圍著某樣東西——一棟建築的牆、一塊區域的邊緣——而你站在這條線的裡面，沒有越過它。within 把你擺進某個圍起來的邊界之內。從這一個空間畫面，那條線再被重畫成時間（在一段時間之內）、距離（在幾哩的圈子之內）、組織（在團體內部）、限度（不越過劃定的線），以及人的內心（在一個人的裡面）。

原始詞典資料5 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。

withinprep/wɪðˈɪn/

  • 1

    In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.

    • within her studio
    • O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?
  • 2

    In the scope or range of.

    • within his hearing; her within five seconds of breaking the record; within an inch of falling overboard
    • England struck back with a fine try from Ben Foden and closed to within seven points with three minutes left when Mark Cueto capitalised on a break from replacement Matt Banahan.
  • 3

    Before the specified duration ends.

    • Leave here within three days.
    • On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.

withinadv/wɪðˈɪn/

  • 1

    In or into the interior; inside.

    • If you would hear it with all these about you, I am ready to speak. Or do we go within?

withinadj/wɪðˈɪn/

  • 1

    lawIn the context of which the present document or ruling is made.

    • the within appeal
    • As part of the within appeal the appellants brought a fresh evidence motion. Although the court did not specifically address the motion in its oral reasons dismissing the appeal, that motion was rejected by the court for the following reasons.

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。