attachments
attachments — 名詞
- attachmentssingular
- attachmentsesplural
1. Extra parts you fit onto equipment so it can handle a special task.
配件
加在機器上的額外零件
Extra parts you fit onto equipment so it can handle a special task.
The mixer came with three attachments for slicing, grating, and kneading dough.
這台攪拌機附有三種配件，分別用來切片、刨絲和揉麵。
machine/tool + with attachments for different jobs
Kenji washed the blender attachments after making pumpkin soup for lunch.
Kenji 煮完南瓜湯後，把果汁機的配件洗乾淨了。
The dentist changed the drill attachments before treating the next patient.
牙醫在看下一位病人前先換了鑽頭的配件。
Camping stove attachments let Lucas boil water and fry eggs on one burner.
這些露營爐配件讓 Lucas 用同一個爐口煮水又煎蛋。
- accessories
broader and often used for useful extras, not only machine parts
- add-ons
more informal and often used for optional extra features
- accessory parts
more technical and less common in everyday speech
文法句型
attachments for + task
machine/tool + with attachments
用法筆記
Usually refers to optional parts that expand what a machine can do. Distinguish from sense 7, which is about the fastening piece or point itself rather than an extra working part.
常見錯誤
2. Separate files that go out together with a digital message.
附檔
隨電子訊息一起寄出的檔案
Separate files that go out together with a digital message.
Please check the attachments before the meeting; the budget sheets are inside.
開會前請先看附檔，預算表都在裡面。
check the attachments in an email
Maeve forgot to open the attachments and missed the updated schedule.
Maeve 忘了打開附檔，所以錯過了更新後的行程表。
The lawyer sent the contract and photos as attachments to her reply.
那位律師把合約和照片當成附檔寄在回信裡。
Our school blocks large attachments from unknown senders for safety.
為了安全起見，我們學校會擋下來自陌生寄件者的大型附檔。
- attached files
more explicit but less compact than attachments
- enclosures
more formal and common in business writing, especially for letters
文法句型
open/download the attachments
send attachments with an email
用法筆記
Most often used in email and messaging. It refers to the separate file itself, not to text written in the body of the message.
常見錯誤
3. Strong feelings of affection or loyalty that tie you to a person, place, group,
依戀；牽掛
對人事物的深厚感情連結
Strong feelings of affection or loyalty that tie you to a person, place, group, or possession.
After ten years abroad, Talia still felt deep attachments to her hometown.
即使在國外住了十年，Talia 仍然對故鄉懷有很深的依戀。
attachments to a place
Children often form attachments to teachers who make them feel safe.
孩子常會對讓自己有安全感的老師產生依戀。
form attachments to people over time
Ramón's attachments to the old farm made the sale especially painful.
Ramón 對那座老農場的牽掛，讓這次出售格外痛苦。
The film explores family attachments that survive long separations and bitter arguments.
這部電影描寫了即使長久分離、激烈爭吵仍能延續的家庭依戀。
- bonds
more general and can describe mutual closeness between people or groups
- ties
often stresses connection or obligation rather than warmth
- affections
focuses more on loving feeling than on lasting connection
- detachment
lack of emotional involvement or personal tie
文法句型
attachments to + person/place/group
form attachments to + person/place/group
用法筆記
Often appears with 'to' when you name what a person feels tied to. Distinguish from sense 4, which is the child-development term for caregiver bonds.
常見錯誤
4. Close bonds young children build with caregivers for comfort and safety.
依附關係
幼兒與照顧者建立的安全關係
Close bonds young children build with caregivers for comfort and safety.
Healthy attachments help babies calm down when a parent picks them up.
健康的依附關係能幫助嬰兒在父母抱起時平靜下來。
attachments affect a child's sense of safety
The therapist asked whether the twins had secure attachments with both caregivers.
治療師詢問這對雙胞胎是否和兩位照顧者都建立了穩定的依附關係。
secure attachments in child-development talk
Long hospital stays can disrupt attachments between infants and their parents.
長時間住院可能會打亂嬰兒與父母之間的依附關係。
The course explains how early attachments shape trust in later relationships.
這門課說明早期的依附關係如何影響日後的人際信任。
- bonds
broader and less technical than attachments in developmental psychology
- connections
more general and weaker; it does not imply the same theory-based meaning
文法句型
attachments with caregivers
attachments between infants and parents
用法筆記
This is a psychology term about early development. Unlike sense 3, it focuses specifically on bonds between a child and the people who care for that child.
5. Court orders or legal actions that seize wages, property, or a person who disobe
扣押令；查封
法院准許扣押財產或薪資的措施
Court orders or legal actions that seize wages, property, or a person who disobeys the court.
The judge approved wage attachments against two owners who ignored the debt ruling.
法官批准了兩名無視債務裁定的老闆之薪資扣押令。
wage attachments in debt cases
The company faced several attachments after refusing to pay its taxes.
那家公司因拒絕繳稅而面臨數項查封。
Court attachments froze the landlord's bank accounts during the rent dispute.
在租屋糾紛期間，法院的查封凍結了房東的銀行帳戶。
Her lawyer argued that the attachments were issued without enough notice.
她的律師主張這些扣押令是在通知不足的情況下發出的。
- seizures
broader and can describe many kinds of taking, not only court-authorized action
- liens
legal claim over property rather than the act of taking it
- garnishments
specifically deductions taken from wages by legal order
文法句型
wage attachments
attachments against + person/company
用法筆記
Most common in legal writing about debts, unpaid judgments, or contempt of court. It refers to the legal seizure itself, not to emotional or physical connections.
常見錯誤
6. Separate instances or methods of fastening one thing to another.
固定方式
把物件接上去的做法或步驟
Separate instances or methods of fastening one thing to another.
Repeated trailer attachments to the truck wore down the hitch pin.
拖車反覆接上卡車的固定方式，磨損了那支拖鉤插銷。
repeated attachments of one thing to another
The trainer demonstrated three rope attachments before the rescue drill began.
教練在救援演練開始前示範了三種繩索固定方式。
attachments as fastening methods in a procedure
Weak attachments of the roof panels failed during the first winter storm.
屋頂板的固定方式太弱，在第一場冬季暴風中就失效了。
The study compared cell attachments to glass surfaces under warm and cold conditions.
這項研究比較了細胞在冷熱條件下固定到玻璃表面的方式。
- fastenings
often names the securing method or the finished result, depending on context
- fixings
can mean either the act or the hardware, depending on context
- detachments
acts of taking something off again
文法句型
attachments of + object to + object
repeated attachments of + object
用法筆記
This rare sense appears in technical or scientific discussion of how items are fixed in place. Distinguish it from sense 7, which names the finished connecting part or point.
7. The parts or points that hold one thing onto another.
連接件
把東西固定住的接合部分
The parts or points that hold one thing onto another.
The metal attachments under the shelf started to rust in the sea air.
架子下方的金屬連接件在海風中開始生鏽。
attachments as physical joining parts
Tunde replaced the broken seat attachments before renting out the bicycles.
Tunde 在出租腳踏車前換掉了壞掉的座椅連接件。
The tent's corner attachments held firm through the night storm.
帳篷角落的連接件在夜裡的暴風中依然固定牢靠。
The museum checked the frame attachments before moving the large painting.
博物館在搬動那幅大畫之前檢查了畫框的連接件。
- connectors
more technical and often used for devices that join cables or parts
- fasteners
focuses on the hardware that secures something tightly
- mounts
often used when something is fixed onto a wall, base, or frame
文法句型
metal attachments
attachments under/on/to + object
用法筆記
This sense names the joining piece or point itself. Distinguish it from sense 1, where the attachment is an optional extra part added to expand a machine's function.