second-guess 的詞源
second-guess(v.)
最早出現於1938年,最初是一個棒球動詞; 參見 second(形容詞)+ guess(名詞)。
The expression second guess originated in big league baseball. In baseball, a man making a play has time only for one thought on that particular play. He must make up his mind in a flash how he is going to make the play. ... The expression came into the common speech because it so patly describes us fellows who sit back and analyze a wrong play after it has been made. [Damon Runyon, "The Brighter Side," Nov. 18, 1938]
“Second guess”這個表達起源於大聯盟棒球。在棒球中,一個人在進行比賽時只有時間思考一個特定的動作。他必須在瞬間決定如何進行這個動作。...這個表達進入了普通語言,因爲它如此精確地描述了我們這些坐在後面分析錯誤動作的人。[達蒙·拉尼恩,“The Brighter Side”,1938年11月18日]
至少在報紙上,這個短語的記錄似乎支持棒球起源。 Second-guesser(1913年)是棒球俚語,指“大聲質疑球員、經理等決策的球迷”,從1899年開始, guesser 或 baseball guesser 在體育寫作中用於“猜測和發表對即將到來的比賽或賽季的看法的球迷”。
Quisser is the new Texas league umpire. Guesser would be a better name for the majority of those who are now employed by president Allen. [El Paso Herald, June 14, 1911]
Quisser 是新的德克薩斯聯盟裁判。現在由艾倫總統僱用的大多數人更適合稱爲 Guesser。[埃爾帕索先驅報,1911年6月14日]
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