喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌrekriˈeɪʃən/休閒；遊憩

    正式an activity that you do for pleasure or amusement, often when you are not working.

    示範例句 · Example

    The park is not just a place for recreation — it also has a small library.

    逐字那座公園不只是一個供休閒的地方——它也有一間小圖書館。

    「recreation」是英文裡比較正式的「休閒／遊憩」——指你為了開心、放鬆而做的活動，常是戶外或身體活動，像散步、打球、爬山。leisure 比較像「空閒時間本身」；fun 比較口語、講「好玩」的感覺；recreation 常出現在公園標示、學校簡介、recreation facilities／recreation center 這類正式搭配。How can we think of recreation? 一種想法是：它就像讓自己「重新變有精神」——工作或課業之後，用開心的活動把自己補回來（字源 recreare 有 refresh 的意思）。

    常見搭配

    • recreation facilities

      休閒／遊憩設施

      places or equipment for people to use to enjoy themselves

      The school added new recreation facilities behind the gym.

    • outdoor recreation

      戶外休閒／戶外遊憩

      enjoyable activities done outside

      The island is perfect for outdoor recreation such as kayaking.

    • recreation area / ground / center / room

      休閒區／遊憩場／休閒中心／康樂室

      a place set aside for people to play or enjoy themselves

      Kids played soccer in the recreation area after lunch.

    • for recreation

      作為休閒／供遊憩之用

      done so that people can enjoy themselves

      Families use the riverside path for recreation.

    • physical / active recreation

      體能／動態休閒

      recreation that uses your body, such as sports or games

      Swimming is popular physical recreation for the whole family.

    • recreation activities

      休閒活動

      things people do for enjoyment in free time

      The club offers recreation activities every Saturday morning.

    意思相反

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core核心畫面

Picture the park on a Sunday: people walking, cycling, throwing a ball — none of it is work, and none of it has to be done. Recreation is the name for that whole category of doing-things-for-pleasure. One way to hold the word is to read it as re-creation, time that puts a person back together after work.

可以想成：星期天的公園，有人散步、騎車、丟球——沒有一件事是工作，也沒有一件事非做不可。recreation 就是替這一整類「為了開心而做的活動」取的名字。一個好記的想法是把它看成 re-creation：工作把人磨掉一些，這段時間再把人重新組回來。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 recreations

意思相反

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

recreationnoun詞源 1/(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/

  • 1

    Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

    • The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]
    • Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels.

recreationnoun詞源 2/ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/

  • 1

    The process of creating something again.

  • 2

    The result of this process.

    • Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]

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