flashback
flashback — 名詞
- flashbacksingular
- flashbacksplural
1. a scene in a film, book, or television programme that stops the current storylin
倒敘
電影或故事中回到過去的場景
a scene in a film, book, or television programme that stops the current storyline to show something that took place earlier in time, often revealing details about characters or why certain events happened
In the final episode, a flashback shows how Yael's mother met the family's oldest friend.
在最後一集裡，一段倒敘鏡頭交代了 Yael 的母親如何認識家裡最老的朋友。
flashback + shows how [past event]
The director added a flashback to show the town fifty years before the main story.
導演加入了一段倒敘，呈現這座小鎮在主線故事發生前五十年的樣貌。
added a flashback to show [past scene]
Beatriz noticed that each flashback used a different colour filter on screen.
Beatriz 發現每段倒敘都用了不同的色彩濾鏡。
Viewers learn about Erik's difficult childhood through a series of flashbacks throughout the movie.
觀眾透過一連串倒敘畫面，了解到 Erik 辛苦的童年經歷。
through a series of flashbacks
Without the flashback in chapter three, readers would not understand why the detective quit.
少了第三章的倒敘，讀者無法理解偵探為何辭職。
- flashback scene
- flashback sequence
- use a flashback
- in flashback
- flashback to
- open with a flashback
- replay
less common; sometimes used for brief memory scenes in sports broadcasts or documentaries
- retrospect
more formal and refers to thinking back, not a specific scene in a narrative
- recollection scene
a more literal, less cinematic term for the same narrative device
- foreshadowing
the opposite narrative device that hints at future events rather than showing past ones
- flash-forward
a jump to events later in time instead of earlier
文法句型
a flashback to [time/event]
flashback + scene/sequence
用法筆記
Common in film and literary criticism. The preposition 'to' often introduces the time period shown (e.g., a flashback to the 1990s). May also be used as a modifier: flashback scene, flashback sequence.
常見錯誤
2. the experience of suddenly seeing or feeling a difficult moment from the past ag
閃回
突然湧現的過去痛苦記憶
the experience of suddenly seeing or feeling a difficult moment from the past again, as if it were real and happening in the present time
After the car accident, Salma experienced a flashback every time she heard a loud horn.
車禍之後，Salma 每次聽到尖銳的喇叭聲就會出現閃回。
trigger a flashback: [traumatic event] + flashback
The loud bang triggered a flashback of the earthquake, and Apinya began to tremble uncontrollably.
巨大的轟響觸發了地震的閃回，Apinya 開始無法控制地發抖。
triggered a flashback of [past event]
Yael's flashback to the fire was so strong she could smell smoke.
Yael 對火災的閃回太過強烈，她甚至能聞到煙味。
A therapist helped Esme cope with the flashbacks that troubled her sleep.
一位治療師幫助 Esme 應付那些困擾她睡眠的閃回。
cope with flashbacks
Saira told her doctor the flashback came without warning and left her exhausted.
Saira 告訴醫生，閃回毫無預警地出現，讓她精疲力竭。
- have a flashback
- experience a flashback
- suffer from flashbacks
- trigger a flashback
- flashback to
- flashback of
- cope with flashbacks
- intrusive memory
a clinical, more formal term used in psychology and therapy
- re-experiencing
a technical term from trauma psychology; less common in everyday speech
- replay
informal; suggests the same memory repeating in the mind like a video
文法句型
have a flashback
experience a flashback
flashback of [event]
用法筆記
Frequently associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The preposition 'to' or 'of' introduces the remembered event. Plural form ('flashbacks') is common when describing recurring episodes.