experience

experience 主要表示“亲身经历过”以及由此得到的体验、知识和能力；作名词时还可指一次具体经历，作动词时表示经历、体验或遭遇某事。

💡 记忆钩子

把 experience 想成“亲自走过一段路”：走过的事情是一次经历，走过许多路积累起来的是经验和能力；亲自走这段路本身，就是去 experience 某事。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“经历、体验”和“经验”这条主线，再记住它也能指一次令人难忘的事情。
不要把 experience 只理解成抽象的“经验”；在 a memorable experience 这类表达中，它通常指一次具体经历。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 亲身经历；体验

📖 指亲自遇到、参与或感受到的事情，以及这件事带来的直接感受。它既可以指一次具体而难忘的经历，也可以泛指个人亲身接触过的生活体验。

💡 表示一次经历时使用 an experience 或 experiences，常与 memorable、unforgettable、difficult 等形容词连用；表示总体体验时可用 experience 作不可数名词。experience 通常强调亲身接触，不只是听说或读到；不要把它误解成单纯的“实验”。

countable uncountable

Moving to a new country was a challenging experience for her.

搬到一个新国家对她来说是一次很有挑战的经历。

The trip gave me my first experience of working with children.

这次旅行让我第一次亲身体验了和孩子们一起工作。
common 做过的一项活动

📖 指某人实际做过的一次活动或事情，重点在“亲自做过”这一事实，而不一定强调它带来的知识。

💡 常用作 a valuable experience、a new experience 或 an experience in doing something。它通常指一项值得记住或能带来收获的活动；若只是普通的日常动作，通常不必使用这个词。

countable

Volunteering at the shelter was a valuable experience.

在收容所做志愿者是一段宝贵的经历。
core 经验；经历积累

📖 指一个人或团体通过长期参与各种事情而积累的知识、判断力和实际技能，尤其常用于工作或专业领域。

💡 表示“在某方面有经验”时使用 have experience in doing something 或 experience with something；求职语境中常见 work experience 和 relevant experience。这里通常不可数，不要说 many experiences 来表示“经验很多”，应说 a lot of experience。

uncountable usually

She has five years of experience in software design.

她有五年的软件设计经验。
common 由经历得到的知识

📖 指从亲身经历中提炼出来的认识、判断和做事能力，强调“经历之后学到了什么”，而不只是经历本身。

💡 常见结构是 learn from experience、based on experience 和 according to experience；表示个人积累时通常不可数。它可以修饰某个领域，如 practical experience，但不要把它和一次具体事件混用。

uncountable

With experience, he learned to notice small warning signs.

随着经验增加，他学会了注意细小的警告信号。
rare 游戏经验值

📖 在角色扮演游戏中，指角色通过完成任务或击败敌人获得、用来提升等级的数值；它借用了“经历能带来成长”这一核心概念。

💡 这是游戏语境中的专门用法，通常出现在 earn、gain 或 gain experience points 等搭配中。普通对话里的 experience 通常不是这个意思；不要把游戏中的数值和现实中的工作经验混为一谈。

countable uncountable
rare 试验；检验

📖 这是过时用法，指通过实际尝试来检验某件事，和“亲自做过以获得认识”的基本概念有关。

💡 现代英语中几乎不用这种名词义，表达“试验”通常使用 experiment 或 trial。阅读古旧文本时遇到它，不要按照现代最常见的“经历”义强行理解。

obsolete uncountable

experiences plural

verb

core 经历；体验；遭遇

📖 指亲自观察、感受或参与某个事件、过程或行动，并因此受到影响或获得认识。它既可用于主动体验，也可用于被动遭遇某种变化或困难。

💡 使用 experience + 事物，或 experience difficulty、experience rapid growth 这类搭配；不要说 experience to do something。它比 go through 稍正式，也比 try 更强调实际经历及其影响，而不是单纯尝试。

transitive

Many families experienced serious difficulties during the flood.

洪水期间，许多家庭遭遇了严重困难。

Students can experience different ways of learning through the project.

学生可以通过这个项目体验不同的学习方式。

experiences present,singular,third-person experiencing participle,present experienced participle,past experienced past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 8 组

undergo

同义词集: have experience

The stocks had a fast run-up

上位: change 下位: encounter, meet, receive

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; ; ; ;

同义词集: know experience live

I know the feeling!

have you ever known hunger?

I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict

The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare

I lived through two divorces

上位: go through, see 下位: live over, relive, taste

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind;

同义词集: feel experience

She felt resentful

He felt regret

下位: anger, beam, burn, congratulate, die, entertain, glow, harbor, harbour, hold, incline, joy, nurse, plume, pride, radiate, recapture, regret, rejoice, repent, rue, see red, shine, suffer, sympathise, sympathize 参见: compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with

go through (mental or physical states or experiences); ; ; ;

同义词集: experience receive have get

get an idea

experience vertigo

get nauseous

receive injuries

have a feeling

上位: undergo 下位: get, have, suffer, sustain, take

undergo or live through a difficult experience;

同义词集: experience see go through

We had many trials to go through

he saw action in Viet Nam

上位: undergo 下位: come, endure, enjoy, feel, find, know, live, meet, see, suffer, witness

the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities;

同义词集: experience

a man of experience

experience is the best teacher

反义: inexperience, rawness 上位: education

the content of direct observation or participation in an event;

同义词集: experience

he had a religious experience

he recalled the experience vividly

上位: cognitive content, content, mental object 下位: life, living, re-experiencing, reality, reliving, reminder, world

an event as apprehended;

同义词集: experience

a surprising experience

that painful experience certainly got our attention

上位: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent 下位: appalling, augury, blast, flash, flashing, foretoken, good time, head trip, loss, ordeal, preindication, sign, taste, time, trip, vision

🌳 词源

来自拉丁语 experientia，和“尝试、检验、亲自经历”有关；其核心一直是通过亲身接触获得认识。

From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).

🔄 变式

experienced past experiences plural experiencing present

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