papers
papers — 名詞
1. official documents, such as a passport or ID card, that show who someone is or w
證件；文件
證明身分或身分狀態的官方文件
official documents, such as a passport or ID card, that show who someone is or what they are allowed to do.
The border guard asked Mauricio for his papers before letting the car through.
邊境守衛在讓車子通過前，先要 Mauricio 出示證件。
asked [someone] for [their] papers — common border / police context
Sirin keeps her immigration papers in a locked drawer next to her passport.
Sirin 把她的移民證件鎖在護照旁邊的抽屜裡。
immigration papers — fixed collocation
Without the right papers, the workers could not legally stay in the country.
沒有適當的證件，這些勞工就無法合法留在這個國家。
Omar pulled out his papers when the officer flagged down the truck.
警員攔下卡車時，Omar 從口袋裡拿出他的證件。
Daichi lost his papers on the train and had to visit the embassy.
Daichi 在火車上弄丟了證件，只好跑一趟大使館。
- documents
more general; covers any official record, not only identity
- ID
informal; one specific card rather than a full set
- credentials
formal; emphasises proof of qualification or authority
文法句型
plural noun, often after possessive
用法筆記
Almost always plural in this sense; the singular 'paper' does not mean an ID document. Subject is usually a person carrying or showing the documents; verbs that go with it are 'show', 'check', 'ask for', 'lose'.
常見錯誤
2. newspapers in general, especially when treated as a single voice that reports or
報紙；報界
泛指各大報紙或平面媒體
newspapers in general, especially when treated as a single voice that reports or comments on events.
The papers ran a long story about the prime minister's hospital visit.
各家報紙都大篇幅報導了總理住院的消息。
the papers + run / publish / report a story
Renata reads the papers every morning while she waits for the bus.
Renata 每天早上等公車時都會翻閱報紙。
read the papers — daily-routine collocation
All the papers were full of pictures from the football final.
各家報紙都刊滿了足球決賽的照片。
Nicholas saw his neighbour's name in the papers after the trial.
Nicholas 在審判結束後，在報紙上看到鄰居的名字。
The Sunday papers gave the actress front-page coverage for a whole month.
週日版報紙足足幫那位女演員做了一個月的頭版報導。
- the press
broader; includes radio, TV and online news as well
- newspapers
interchangeable in this sense; slightly more formal in writing
- the media
all news channels combined, not only print
文法句型
the papers + verb
用法筆記
Always plural and almost always with 'the', even when a speaker has only one newspaper in mind — 'the papers' refers to the press as a whole, not the physical sheets.