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In a busy way — doing something with a lot of activity, and usually with your hands or body moving. If someone is busily writing, they are writing fast and giving it their full attention; if bees are busily working, they are moving all the time. The word almost always comes with a verb that shows action: busily typing, busily cleaning, busily taking notes.
In a busy way意思是用忙碌的方式——doing something with a lot of activity做某件事、動作很多,and usually with your hands or body moving通常是手或身體一直在動。If someone is busily writing如果有人busily writing,they are writing fast and giving it their full attention表示他們寫得很快、而且全神貫注;if bees are busily working如果蜜蜂busily working,they are moving all the time表示牠們一直動個不停。The word almost always comes with a verb that shows action這個字幾乎都會搭配表示動作的動詞:busily typing像busily typing、busily cleaning busily cleaning、busily taking notes或busily taking notes。
Two things worth knowing. First, 'busily' is not the same as 'busy' in the sense of 'I have no free time.' You would not say 'I am busily' to mean your week is full. It describes the LOOK of the action while it happens.
Two things worth knowing有兩件事值得知道。First第一,'busily' is not the same as 'busy' in the sense of 'I have no free time.''busily'跟表示「我沒有空」的'busy'不一樣。You would not say 'I am busily' to mean your week is full你不會說'I am busily'來表示這星期很忙。It它 describes the LOOK of the action while it happens描述的是動作發生當下的樣子。
Second, it often carries a small feeling from the writer, and the feeling can go two ways. Sometimes it is warm — the person is hard-working and it is nice to watch. Sometimes it is gently funny — the person is moving a lot, looking very serious, and the writer is hinting that all this movement may not be worth much ('the officials busily rearranged the chairs').
Second第二,it often carries a small feeling from the writer它常常帶著作者一點點的感覺,and the feeling can go two ways而這種感覺可以有兩種方向。Sometimes it is warm有時候是溫暖的——the person is hard-working and it is nice to watch表示這個人很認真工作,看了讓人覺得舒服。Sometimes it is gently funny有時候則是帶點好笑的——the person is moving a lot, looking very serious表示這個人動作很多、表情很認真,and the writer is hinting that all this movement may not be worth much而作者其實是在暗示,這些動作可能沒什麼意義,('the officials busily rearranged the chairs')就像'the officials busily rearranged the chairs'這句話。
Which one it is comes from the sentence around it, not from the word itself. It is a slightly literary word; in everyday speech people are more likely to say 'hard at work' or just 'busy'.
Which one it is是哪一種,comes from the sentence around it要看前後文,not from the word itself而不是這個字本身決定的。It它 is a slightly literary word是稍微文言一點的字;in everyday speech在日常口語裡,people are more likely to say 'hard at work' or just 'busy'人們更常說'hard at work'或就說'busy'。
組成busy (忙碌的) + -ly, the ending that turns an adjective into an adverb — a word describing HOW something is done. When an adjective ends in -y, the y usually changes to i before -ly: busy → busily, happy → happily, easy → easily.
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。
busilyadv
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In a busy manner; actively.
- But these sweet thoughts do ever refresh my labours,/ Most busil'est when I do it.
- Look at the little fellows, mere bundles of fluff, paddling along so busily and sturdily.
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。