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Benevolently is the adverb: you do something benevolently when you do it in a kind and generous way. She smiled benevolently. He benevolently let them try again. It carries the same formal, slightly feel as benevolent; in easy talk people more often say kindly or . Though actually, it can also describe a manner that only looks gentle — a teacher may nod benevolently without actually helping — so listen to the whole situation, not the word alone.
仁慈地；善意地
組成benevolent + -ly (the usual English ending that turns an adjective into an adverb).
同家族的字
- benevolentthe adjective this adverb is built from
- benevolencethe noun for the same kind-and-generous quality
原始詞典資料1 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。
benevolentlyadv
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In a benevolent manner.
- […] if the simple look benevolently on money, how much more do your old worldlings regard it! Their affections rush out to meet and welcome money.
- The Temple of Bounty loomed benevolently over the square, its columns carved with fruit and flowers; shrinekeepers passed out the merchants’ leftover grain and bruised fruit to the poor on its steps.
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。