陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

expedition/ itinerant/ itinerary/ journey/ shuttle/ travel/ trip

1. travel、trip、journey：就「旅行」這個定義說，travel指某類型旅行或旅行這件事本身，trip則最常指某特定的一次旅行，尤常用於片語go on a trip to…中。至於journey通常指長距離旅行，也常做比喻用，指一段漫長的歷程，例如生命：

•Space travel is likely to become a common event some day.

•Knowing a second language is useful not only for travel but also for employment.

•We can't afford another trip this year.

•I want to go on a school trip to Hawaii this autumn.

•Mary hopes to travel round the world after retirement.

•They like to travel in the winter when there are fewer tourists.

•We broke our journey in Tokyo before traveling on to America the next day.

•I am beginning to feel that my lifelong blindness is a meaningful journey to a greater awareness of human suffering.

2. 旅行之外，動詞travel也指例行性的往返兩地，意思類似shuttle。另外，穿梭兩地也可用形容詞itinerant：

•My father travels to work by subway every weekday.

•The businessman shuttled between Taipei and San Francisco every month.

•He is an itinerant salesman.

3. 「旅行日誌」叫itinerary：

•The itinerary will tell you where we are going to stop over next.

4. 一隊人馬所從事的「遠征」或「探險」叫expedition：

•My brother was taking part in a small expedition to photograph wild animals in Africa.