說到底、就根本而言
兩個意思都是核心動作的兩個側面:一個用在「給重點、把話講簡單」,一個用在「就主要的部分而言、不計小差異」。其實是同一個「剝到底層」的手勢,只是落在說話和判斷兩種場合。
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Used when you want to give the most important point or a simple explanation, leaving out the small details.
基本上／簡單說
核心畫面
Stripping a thing down to its base — peeling off the small details and surface differences to point at the one core fact underneath. Both uses are this same move: 'forget the trimmings, here's what it really comes down to.'
可以想成把一件事剝到只剩底層:把枝微末節和表面差異都撥開,指著底下那個最核心的事實說話。basically 的兩個用…更多收起
可以想成把一件事剝到只剩底層:把枝微末節和表面差異都撥開,指著底下那個最核心的事實說話。basically 的兩個用法都是同一個動作——「別管那些細節,說到底就是這個」。From the word’s history
Built on 'basic' (from 'base', via Late Latin 'basis' — foundation) + '-ally'. The adverb literally means 'at the base / in its foundation', which is exactly the move of pointing past details to the underlying point.
由 basic(來自 base、經晚期拉丁文 basis「基底、地基」)加上 -ally 構成,副詞本義就是「在基底上、就根本而言」。這正好對應了那個「越過細節、指向底層重點」的動作。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entries 'basic' / 'base'
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
basicallyadv/ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/
- 1
In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.
- 2
Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
- 3
Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
- I shouldn't have done it, basically.
- To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the optician's.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。