intern
/ˈɪn.tɜːn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɪn.tɝːn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈin-ˌtərn/ (ame, mw) · /ɪnˈtɜːn/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈtɜːrn/ (ame, ipa)
intern — 名詞
- internsingular
- internsplural
1. a student or recent graduate who joins a company or organisation for a fixed per
實習生
在公司短期工作學經驗的學生
a student or recent graduate who joins a company or organisation for a fixed period — often during the summer or for a few months — to learn a job by doing real work, sometimes for low pay or no pay at all.
Sivan worked as a marketing intern at a small design studio in Tel Aviv last summer.
Sivan 去年夏天在特拉維夫一間小型設計工作室擔任行銷實習生。
intern at + [company] pattern
The bank hires twenty interns each June and pays them a small monthly stipend.
這家銀行每年六月會招收二十位實習生，並支付他們少量月津貼。
plural form 'interns'; subject is an institution
Andrés was the only intern in the legal team, so the lawyers gave him a lot of attention.
Andrés 是法務團隊裡唯一的實習生，所以律師們對他特別照顧。
Most of our interns come from local universities and stay for about three months.
我們大部分的實習生來自當地大學，會待大約三個月。
Kemi spent her gap year as an unpaid intern at a wildlife charity in Nairobi.
Kemi 在奈洛比一個野生動物保育組織當無薪實習生，度過她的空檔年。
- trainee
broader; includes paid junior staff in formal training programmes, not only students.
- apprentice
traditionally used for skilled manual trades (carpenter, electrician); usually paid and longer-term.
- placement student
British equivalent in university work-experience programmes.
文法句型
intern at + [company]
intern with + [organization]
用法筆記
Subject of the verb 'intern at/with' is the person; the company or organisation goes after the preposition. Distinguish from sense 2 (junior hospital doctor) — that sense is American and almost always appears with 'hospital' or 'medical' nearby.
常見錯誤
2. in American hospitals, a recently qualified medical-school graduate working unde
實習醫師
醫學院畢業後第一年的住院實習醫師
in American hospitals, a recently qualified medical-school graduate working under senior doctors during the first year after the degree, before becoming a fully independent physician.
Daichi had been working as a surgical intern for six months when he assisted on his first heart operation.
Daichi 擔任外科實習醫師六個月後，第一次參與了心臟手術。
common collocation: surgical intern
The hospital's interns often work shifts longer than thirty hours, which has caused public concern.
這家醫院的實習醫師常常連續值班超過三十小時，引起社會大眾的關注。
Iris finished medical school in May and started as an intern at Boston General the next month.
Iris 五月剛從醫學院畢業，下個月就到波士頓綜合醫院當實習醫師。
Senior doctors review every decision an intern makes about patient care.
資深醫師會審核實習醫師對病患照護所做的每一個決定。
用法筆記
Almost exclusively American — British hospitals use 'junior doctor' or the older term 'houseman' for the same role. Used with 'medical', 'surgical', or a specialism word, or simply with a hospital name in context. Distinguish from sense 1: in sense 2 the work setting is always a hospital and the person already holds a medical degree.
intern — 動詞
- internpresent simple I / you / we / they
- internshe / she / it
- internedpast simple
- interning-ing form
1. to take a temporary, often low-paid or unpaid job at a company or organisation i
實習
到公司短期工作以學習工作經驗
to take a temporary, often low-paid or unpaid job at a company or organisation in order to learn the work and build experience, usually as a student or recent graduate.
Hoa is interning at a Vietnamese tech firm in Ho Chi Minh City for the whole summer.
Hoa 整個夏天在胡志明市一家越南科技公司實習。
intern at + [company]; present continuous for a temporary role
Élise interned with a human-rights group in Geneva before applying to law school.
Élise 在申請法學院之前，曾於日內瓦一個人權組織實習。
past form 'interned' + 'before applying' time link
Many engineering students hope to intern at major car companies after their second year.
很多工程系學生希望在大二後到主要的汽車公司實習。
Christopher interned for a local newspaper, which later offered him a full-time reporting job.
Christopher 在一家地方報社實習過，後來那家報社聘請他擔任全職記者。
If you intern with us this autumn, you will work on real client projects from week one.
如果你今年秋天到我們這裡實習，從第一週開始就會處理真正的客戶專案。
- train
more general; includes any structured learning at work, not only short student placements.
- apprentice
(as a verb) usually for skilled manual trades; longer-term than interning.
文法句型
intern at + [company]
intern with + [organization]
intern for + [person/organization]
用法筆記
Always intransitive — needs a preposition ('at', 'with', or 'for') before the place. Subject is typically a student or new graduate, not someone mid-career. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense never has a direct object naming a person who is being held against their will.
常見錯誤
2. to hold someone, often a foreign national, in a camp or other restricted place d
拘留；拘禁
戰爭或政治緊急狀態下未經審判的拘禁
to hold someone, often a foreign national, in a camp or other restricted place during a war or political emergency, without giving them a normal criminal trial.
During the war, the government interned thousands of citizens who had Japanese ancestry.
戰爭期間，政府拘留了數千名具有日本血統的公民。
active form with historical-event subject; specific group as object
Yasmin's great-grandfather was interned on the Isle of Man between 1940 and 1944.
Yasmin 的曾祖父在 1940 到 1944 年間被拘留於曼島。
passive: 'was interned' + place + dates
Several journalists were interned without trial after the military coup.
軍事政變之後，數名記者未經審判即被拘留。
The army interned anyone suspected of helping the enemy and sent them to remote camps.
軍方拘留任何被懷疑協助敵方的人，並將他們送往偏遠營區。
文法句型
intern + [person]
be interned in + [place]
用法筆記
Frequently passive — the focus is usually on who was held, not who did the holding. The object is a person or group, never an object or animal. Distinguish from 'imprison': 'intern' implies emergency wartime detention without criminal charges; 'imprison' implies a normal criminal sentence.
常見錯誤
intern — 形容詞
- internpositive
- more interncomparative
- most internsuperlative
1. rarely used today — an old, formal way of saying 'internal', i.e. existing or ha
內部的
舊式用法，等同 internal
rarely used today — an old, formal way of saying 'internal', i.e. existing or happening inside something rather than on the outside. Modern English almost always uses 'internal' instead.
Older medical texts sometimes describe an intern injury, but modern doctors say 'internal injury'.
較舊的醫學文獻有時會用 intern injury，但現代醫師會說 internal injury。
metalinguistic example showing the modern preference
Faisal found 'intern' used as an adjective in a nineteenth-century philosophy book.
Faisal 在一本十九世紀的哲學書中看到 intern 被當形容詞使用。
highlights the archaic use; supports the 'archaic' label
Dictionaries still list 'intern' as a formal adjective meaning 'internal', though almost nobody uses it that way now.
字典裡仍將 intern 列為等同 internal 的正式形容詞，雖然現在幾乎沒有人這樣用。
In an old letter mentioning an 'intern dispute', the writer simply meant 'internal'.
在一封提到 intern dispute 的舊信中，作者其實是指 internal。
用法筆記
Almost never used in modern English — learners should choose 'internal' in their own writing and reading. Recognise this sense only when reading older texts. Comes before a noun (attributive), not after 'be'.