2025 New Year's Resolutions?
新年快樂!
每年我都會問大家的新年願景,歡迎你私下與我分享喔,我很想聽聽它們是什麼。
我的2025年新年願景,是繼續為 Ms. Charlotte Academy 製作新的教學內容(目前我正在準備高階發音課程及更新基礎課程),同時能平衡好工作和生活,安排更多時間陪伴兩個女兒。(她們成長得太快了🥲)
想必大家仍沉醉在放假的心情中,這次我也不寫太嚴肅的內容了。
不如我們就輕鬆一點,看看一些與「resolution」相關的單字吧。
我在詞彙課程中提到,當大家嘗試增加自己的詞彙量時,應盡可能在新舊單字之間建立關聯。這些關聯可以是字源上的,例如與單字的字形和發展歷史相關;也可以是詞義上的,例如跟單字的意思,甚至在主題上有關聯。
現在我們嘗試一下,以「New Year’s resolutions」中的「resolution」來做個練習。
這語境中,「resolution」的意思是「有意識或有堅定決心要實行的事情」。這是一個名詞,而且文法上是「可數的」,所以它可以是以單數字形出現,比如「I have a New Year’s resolution」;也可以是以眾數字形出現,像「I have many New Year’s resolutions」。
在此,我們不會討論「resolution」能表達的其他詞義,例如「數碼影像的解像度」。
動詞「resolve」與「resolution」有字源上的聯繫 – 兩者都具有相同的字根,因此它們所表達的意思也很類似。
「resolve」指的是「下定決心去做某件事」。當我們使用這動詞來傳遞這意思時,須要連接一個infinitive 詞組,以表達我們堅決要做的是甚麼。
例如:
I resolve to work harder in 2025.
我決心要在 2025 年更加努力
「resolve」也有一個名詞的版本(發音上,此版本的重音在第一個音節,而不是像動詞版本的在第二個音節),意指「強大的決心」。
例如:
Despite the challenges, he faced the situation with great resolve.
儘管面臨挑戰,他仍以堅定的決心面對這情況
形容詞「resolute」在字源上也與這些單字相關,意思是「有決心和目標堅定的」。
例如:
She remained resolute in her decision to pursue her dreams.
她在追求夢想的決定上仍然保持堅定不移的態度
現在,我們來看看在意思上與「resolution」相關的兩個單字例子 –「determination」和「perseverance」。這兩個名詞,都有表達出與「resolution」同樣的「堅定目標和意志」。
例如:
With determination, he completed the project ahead of schedule.
憑著決心,他提前完成了這個項目
Her perseverance enabled her to finish her degree while working full-time.
她的毅力讓她在全職工作的同時完成了學位
你又能想到其他例子嗎?
希望這能激勵你堅決地實現今年的目標 💪🏻
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Happy New Year, everyone!
I ask about everyone’s New Year’s resolutions every year, so please share yours with me privately! I’d love to hear what they are.
My New Year’s resolutions for 2025 are to continue creating new teaching content for Ms. Charlotte Academy (I’m currently working on the Advanced portion of our Pronunciation Course and an update to the foundational course) and, at the same time, find a better balance between working and spending time with my two daughters (who are growing up too quickly 🥲).
Since we are all still in a holiday mood, I won’t write about anything serious.
Instead, I thought we could look at a few words that are associated with the word “resolution.”
In our Vocabulary Course, I mention that the most important thing to do when trying to expand our vocabulary is to make as many associations between words -- both old and new -- as we can. These associations can be etymological, as in related to the forms and developmental history of the words, as well as semantic, as in related to word meaning, or even thematic.
Let’s try this with the word “resolution” as in “New Year’s resolutions.”
“Resolution” in this context means “something that you make a conscious or firm decision to do.” It is a noun and is grammatically “countable” -- so it can be in singular form, like “I have a New Year’s resolution,” or in plural form, like “I have many New Year’s resolutions.”
We won’t go into other meanings that “resolution” expresses, like “the clarity of a digital image.”
The verb “resolve” is a word that is etymologically related to “resolution” -- as in, these words share the same word root. As such, they express meanings that are similar. “Resolve” means to “make a firm decision to do something.” When we use this verb to express this meaning, we complete it with an infinitive phrase to express what we resolve to do.
For example:
I resolve to work harder in 2025.
我決心要在 2025 年更加努力
The word “resolve” also has a noun version. The noun version of “resolve” (which has the first syllable as the stressed syllable, as opposed to the second, like in the verb version) means “strong determination and firmness of purpose.”
For example:
Despite the challenges, he faced the situation with great resolve.
儘管面臨挑戰,他仍以堅定的決心面對這情況
The adjective “resolute” is also etymologically related to these other words. It means “determined and firm in purpose.”
For example:
She remained resolute in her decision to pursue her dreams.
她在追求夢想的決定上仍然保持堅定不移的態度
Now, let’s look at two examples of words semantically related to “resolution.” I can think of the nouns “determination” and “perseverance,” which both express the same “firmness of purpose and willpower” that “resolution” expresses.
For example:
With determination, he completed the project ahead of schedule.
憑著決心,他提前完成了這個項目
Her perseverance enabled her to finish her degree while working full-time.
她的毅力讓她在全職工作的同時完成了學位
Can you find or think of other examples?
I hope this inspires you to be resolute in achieving your goals this year. 💪🏻
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