喜樂美語
  1. 1恰如其分地、貼切地（最常見是 aptly named：名字取得很貼切）

    Aptly means “in a way that fits very well”: the name, the description, or the phrase seems right, almost as if it were chosen on purpose. We meet it most often in chunks like aptly named, aptly described, aptly called, aptly put. If a very tall basketball player is nicknamed Tower, you might say he is aptly named. The word does not mean “quickly”, and it is not just a fancy “very”, though a remark that is aptly put is often both fitting and a bit smart. It is a little more formal than “rightly” or “fittingly”; you will see it in writing and hear it from teachers and news presenters more than in playground talk.

From the word’s history

From apt + -ly.

apt（恰當的）加 -ly（…地）。

Wiktionary

組成From apt + -ly. Apt means “fitting, suitable”; -ly turns that into “in that manner”.

同家族的字

  • aptaptly is apt with -ly on the end
  • aptitudesame Latin aptus, “fitted” — a talent that fits you
  • ineptthe “not apt” opposite: clumsy or badly suited

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aptlyadv/ˈæp(t).li/

  • 1

    In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

    • an aptly named hotel
    • My friend, aptly nicknamed “Shorty”, was small but strong.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。