movie

movie — 名詞

1. a recorded story with moving pictures and sound that people watch for entertainm

1.名詞A1
釋義

電影

有聲有畫的娛樂故事

a recorded story with moving pictures and sound that people watch for entertainment, usually at a theater, on television, or on a computer or phone

例句

Inês and her best friend went to watch a science-fiction movie at the Grand Theater.

Inês 和她最好的朋友去大劇院看一部科幻電影。

watch a movie — common verb collocation

Ayana cried during the final scene of the movie because the ending was so sad.

Ayana 在電影的最後一幕哭了，因為結局太悲傷了。

during the movie — prepositional phrase

同義詞
  • film

    the standard term in British English; slightly more formal or artistic in tone in American English

  • motion picture

    formal term, used in legal or academic contexts

  • picture

    old-fashioned or very informal; common in mid-20th-century American English

文法句型

movie + about + topic

watch / see + movie

movie + set in + place

用法筆記

In American English, 'movie' is the everyday word for a film; British English more often uses 'film' in formal and informal contexts alike.

常見錯誤

❌I watched a film at the cinema last night.
✅I watched a movie at the theater last night.
💡In American English, 'film' sounds more formal or artistic; 'movie' is the usual word for everyday viewing.

2. a place with a large screen where films are shown to the public; a cinema or mov

2.名詞A2
釋義

電影院

放映電影的場所

a place with a large screen where films are shown to the public; a cinema or movie theater

例句

The movie on Oak Street only shows independent films from Asia and Europe.

橡樹街的那家電影院只放映來自亞洲和歐洲的獨立製片電影。

the movie [building] as the subject

Romi invited Michael to go to the movies after work on Friday.

Romi 邀請 Michael 星期五下班後去看電影。

go to the movies — fixed phrase

同義詞
  • cinema

    the standard term in British English; also used in formal American English

  • movie theater

    common American term for a single screen venue, slightly more specific than 'movie'

  • multiplex

    a large cinema with many screens

文法句型

go to the movies

the movie + shows + film

用法筆記

This sense nearly always appears with the definite article: 'the movies' for the cinema as a general idea, or 'the movie' for a specific building. In British English, 'cinema' is the usual word for this meaning.

常見錯誤

❌Let's go to movie.
✅Let's go to the movies.
💡The definite article 'the' is required in the fixed phrase 'go to the movies.'

3. the business or art of producing films as a form of entertainment, seen as a who

3.名詞B1
釋義

電影業

電影製作與發行的行業

the business or art of producing films as a form of entertainment, seen as a whole industry

例句

Ravindra has worked in the movie for fifteen years as a sound engineer.

Ravindra 在電影界工作了十五年，擔任音效工程師。

work in the movie [industry]

The movie is a difficult business, and many new directors fail to find funding.

電影業是個艱難的行業，許多新導演找不到資金。

同義詞
  • film industry

    more formal and internationally used term for the business of filmmaking

  • cinema

    used in British English to mean the film industry as an art form (e.g., 'French cinema')

文法句型

the movie + industry / business

work in the movie

用法筆記

Always used with 'the': 'the movie' refers to the film industry as a collective concept, not a specific company or workplace. This is an American usage; British English uses 'the film industry' or simply 'cinema'.

常見錯誤

❌She works in movie for ten years.
✅She has worked in the movie for ten years.
💡The definite article 'the' is required, and the present perfect tense is natural for an ongoing situation.