【一天精通一單字】Condition
Condition,情況、條件、制約,最後一個精神動詞

封面故事:制約,Condition
老一輩的人常說「囝仔人有耳無嘴」,這是一種「社會制約 Social Conditioning」:

Children are conditioned from birth to be listening rather than questioning.
(小孩子打從出生就受「囝仔人有耳無嘴」制約,只能聽不能問)

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【精神動詞】Condition 約制、制約

謹慎花錢的人用量入為出「約制」消費:
What I spend is conditioned by how much I make.
(我能買什麼東西取決於我賺多少錢)

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長髮美女用護髮液來「約制」自己的頭髮,Condition the hair? 是「護髮」,洗完頭,在頭髮上塗抹護髮素,保濕、順髮之用。

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【Condition和小S】
名詞Condition最討人厭的是「小S」,某些情況不准她來(單數),某些情況又非她不可(複數)

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Conditions
工作和天氣「狀況」多,小S來了

Condition
身體和機器的「健康情況」,不准小S來

Terms and Conditions
法律和商務方面的「條件」嚴謹,小S得按規矩來


【Condition 完整攻略 上】
Condition,「條件、環境」,習慣上用複數

常用詞:Working Conditions
工作環境
Foxconn attempted to improve working conditions.
(富士康企圖改善其工作環境)

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常用詞:Living Conditions
生活條件
Living conditions are difficult for many in Bangladesh.
(孟加拉大多數人的生活條件都很差)

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常用詞:Driving Conditions
行車路況
Drivers face hazardous driving conditions as melting snow turn to ice.
(當雪融成冰之後,駕駛人將面臨危險的路況)

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常用詞:Weather Conditions
天候狀況,即使晴空萬里,但天候多變,要小S
Sunny Conditions(晴天), Cloudy Conditions(陰天), Rainy Conditions(雨天), Windy Conditions(颳風天), Cold Conditions(冷天), Snowy Conditions(下雪天)

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常用詞:Extreme Weather Conditions
極端天候
The extreme weather conditions had been predicted in the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow.'
(電影明天過後曾預測出極端天候)

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常用詞:Under normal Conditions
在正常情況下
Under normal conditions, Simpson will do what requires least efforts.
(在正常情況下,辛普森通常撿最輕鬆方式做事)

con norm  

【Condition 完整攻略 中】
Condition,如果是「身體健康情況」,包括物品,小S不會出現

常用詞:In excellent Condition
處於極佳狀況
The swords dated back to B.C. 200 are said to be in excellent condition.
(這些公元200年前兵馬俑出土的青銅劍據說依然鋒利)

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常用詞:In terrible Condition
處於糟糕的狀況

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常用詞:In critical Condition
處於生死關頭
The man is in critical condition after jailhouse beating
(此人在監獄被痛打,目前處於生命危險情況)

con crit  

常用詞:Out of Condition
身體發胖(= out of shape)

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常用詞: Mint Condition
完美狀態,薄荷般清新
I’m in mint condition and ready to go.
(我目前處於完美狀態,隨時可以行動)

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【Condition 完整攻略 下】
商務和法律世界非常嚴謹,Condition是可數名詞「條款、先決條件」,所以小S得按規矩來

商務詞:Lay down Conditions
開條件

con lay  

商務詞:Meet a Condition
符合條件

con meet  

商務詞:On one Condition, On Condition that…
在某條件下允許
Abian bailed on condition that he stays ill.
(阿扁在生病的條件下被保釋)

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商務詞:On no Condition
在任何情況下都不允許
On no condition should a frequent perpetrator bail out.
(任何情況下都不准讓慣犯保釋)

con bail  

商務詞:Terms and Conditions
條款及細則
* 比方信用卡申請表,一條一條清楚的「條款」叫Terms,小到看不見密密麻麻的「細則」叫Conditions,細則用來補充說明條款,通常有很多陷阱,所以寫得特別小。

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【Condition 外傳】
「社會地位」,特別指社會弱勢團體,小S沒興趣

社工詞:a family of humble condition
窮苦家庭
社工詞:the condition of the poor
貧窮階級

I was born and raised from a family of poor and humble condition.
(我生長在貧苦家庭)

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【Conditioning】
如果「條件」會自動調節變動,要加上ing,「動態調節」

專用詞:Social Conditioning
社會制約
Social conditioning makes working more difficult for women.
(社會的制約讓女性工作比較辛苦)

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專用詞:Air Conditioning
空氣調節系統
* 冷氣是air conditioner
* 冷調系統:air conditioning unit

con air  

專用詞:Hair Conditioning,護髮
* 護髮素是Hair Conditioner

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