喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˌtelɪkəmjuːnəˈkeɪʃənz/ · /ˌtelikəmjuːnəˈkeɪʃənz/電信

    the sending and receiving of messages over a long distance by telephone, radio, television, or similar systems

    示範例句 · Example

    Modern telecommunications let Mei video-call her grandma in another city.

    逐字現代電信讓美能視訊打電話給她在另一個城市的奶奶。

    「telecommunications」指用電話、廣播、電視等，把訊息送到很遠地方的系統與產業，中文常說「電信」。它幾乎永遠用複數形。比 communication 更技術：communication 是一般「溝通」；telecommunications 靠電線、電波、光纖等設備遠距傳送。How can we think of it? tele- 可以想成「遠」，通訊像沿著一條很長的路把話送到對方那裡。

    常見搭配

    • telecommunications company

      電信公司

      a company that provides phone, internet, or related services

      She wants to intern at a telecommunications company next summer.

    • telecommunications industry

      電信業；電信產業

      the group of businesses that build and run long-distance message systems

      Jobs in the telecommunications industry often involve networks and customer service.

    • telecommunications network

      電信網路

      a linked system that carries phone or data messages

      The island needs a stronger telecommunications network after the storm.

    • telecommunications equipment

      電信設備

      machines and devices used to send or receive messages far away

      The lab showed old and new telecommunications equipment side by side.

    • international telecommunications

      國際電信

      phone or data links that cross country borders

      International telecommunications make overseas calls and video chats possible.

    • public telecommunications

      公共電信

      phone or network services open to the general public

      Public telecommunications should reach small towns as well as big cities.

    用法接近

    communicationcommunicationsnetworkinternetbroadcast

core核心畫面

Picture two people who are far too far apart to shout — different cities, different countries — and a line, a signal or a wave carrying what one says all the way to the other, arriving in the same second. The word holds two pieces at once: 'tele' (far off) and 'communication' (sending messages back and forth). So the picture can be held as distance being cancelled by a signal: phone calls, radio, television, the internet, all the wires and towers in between, and the whole industry built to keep that traffic moving.

可以想成兩個人隔得太遠，喊也喊不到——不同城市、不同國家——中間有一條線、一個訊號或一道電波，把其中一個人說的話整路帶到另一個人那裡，而且同一秒就到了。這個字本身就寫著兩件事：tele（遠）＋ communication（訊息來回傳遞）。所以畫面比較像「距離被訊號取消掉」：電話、廣播、電視、網路，中間所有的線路和基地台，以及撐起這些流量的整個產業。

From the word’s history

First recorded in 1932, taken from French 'telecommunication'. The 'tele-' element is Greek in origin: 'tele' = 'far off, at or to a distance', and by the 19th-20th centuries it had also come to stand for the telegraph, the telephone and (from 1928) television.

1932 年從法文 telecommunication 借進英文。前面的 tele- 來自希臘文，本義就是「遠、隔著一段距離」；十九、二十世紀又順勢代表了電報、電話，1928 年起還代表電視。所以這個字拆開來看幾乎就是它的定義：把 communication（訊息往來）加上「遠距離」這個條件。同一家人還有 telephone（遠的聲音）、telescope（看遠的東西）、television（遠的影像），一起記很好認。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entries 'telecommunication' and 'tele-'

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。

用法接近

communicationcommunicationsnetworkinternetbroadcast

原始詞典資料2 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。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。