meaningful學測 L3KK [ˈminɪŋfəl] | /ˈminɪŋfəl/
有意義的;有目的的
龍騰B3L7收錄的形容詞
A meaningful conversation with her grandmother changed the way Amy saw life.

跟祖母一場有意義的對話,改變了Amy看待人生的方式。

meaningful 由 meaning 加 -ful 組成,和 helpful、useful 同一家族,字面是「充滿意義」。

一個畫面:話語烙進心底

刻痕留心重要的話深深刻進心裡
沉甸份量說出口的話帶著重量感
餘韻不散談完之後仍在心裡迴盪

義項

話語烙印C1adjective有意義的;有目的的
Talking about her future with her father felt meaningful to Amy.
跟爸爸聊未來讓Amy覺得很有意義。
a meaningful conversationa meaningful relationshipa meaningful life

片語

a meaningful relationship深刻情誼 →有意義的關係
a meaningful conversation推心置腹 →有意義的對話
a meaningful life活得踏實 →有意義的人生
a meaningful look眼神傳意 →意味深長的眼神
a meaningful contribution貢獻有感 →有意義的貢獻

你會不會這樣說?

This gift means a lot to me, it's very ___. (meaning / meaningful)

看答案

meaningful

meaningful 是形容詞,meaning 是名詞,功能不同。

哪一個描述「意味深長的眼神」最正確?(A) a meaningful look (B) a meaning look

看答案

(A)

meaningful 才是形容詞用法,meaning look 不合文法。

字族

meaning 意義(名詞)・meaningless 無意義的・meaningfully 有意義地

順路看看

purposeful — 強調帶著目的,行動導向
meaningless — meaningful 的反義,毫無意義

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

職涯討論
The conversation with her supervisor felt meaningful because it helped her clarify her career goals.
與主管的對話讓她覺得很有意義,因為這幫助她釐清了職涯目標。
工作價值
Helping new colleagues settle in is a meaningful part of my job.
協助新同事適應環境,是我工作中很有意義的一部分。

詞族

meaningful adjective 有意義的;有目的的・meaningfully adverb 有意義地・meaning noun 意義

四選一

Participants described the career discussion as deeply ____.

  • meaningfully
  • meaning
  • meaningful
  • meanings
看答案

meaningful

完整句中,meaningful 是形容詞,受 deeply 修飾,描述討論很有意義。meaningfully 是副詞,無法在此充當描述 discussion 的補語;meaning 和 meanings 是名詞,也不符合 deeply ____ 的結構。

同義改寫

Helping new colleagues gives her work meaning. → Helping new colleagues makes her work meaningful.
兩句都表示協助新同事讓她的工作有意義,將名詞 meaning 改寫為形容詞 meaningful。
For our team, mentoring interns is meaningful work. → For our team, mentoring interns is work with a sense of purpose.
此處 meaningful 強調工作具有目的與意義,work with a sense of purpose 保留這層意思。

延伸練習

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