英國用 one-to-one sales meeting

2007年7月10日 星期二
one-on-one or on-to-one?
這一問題我悶了20幾年，今天終於在辭典找到。
1980年代中開始注意到，在美國就「個別諮詢」等，採用 ONE-ON-ONE。
我一直解不開：為什麼不用我直覺的說法：ONE-TO–ONE COACHING 等等….

今天紐約時報 Paid Event for Education Officials Sets One-on-One Sales Meetings
順手查辭典才弄清楚，才知道這是美國和英國的英文使用習慣不同….


Definition
one-on-one
adverb US
In sports, if something is done one-on-one, it means that each player from one team is matched to a single player from the other team.
See also one-to-one (CONNECTION); one-to-one (TWO PEOPLE).

one-to-one (TWO PEOPLE)
adjective [before noun] (US ALSO one-on-one)
describes an activity in which one person is teaching or giving information to another person:
These children have special educational needs and require one-to-one attention.
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one-to-one (CONNECTION)
adjective
Something that is in a one-to-one relationship with another thing strongly influences the way that the other thing changes:
Is there a one-to-one relationship between pay levels and productivity?

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)