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If you say something categorically, you say it in a sure, certain way, with no doubt left on the table. News reports love the pattern: someone categorically denied a story, or categorically refused an offer. It is a formal adverb. Though actually, it describes how firmly the person spoke, not whether the facts are settled. Students who know category sometimes hear categorically as “by group” or “in categories.” That is not what it means here.
斬釘截鐵地；斷然地
組成categorical + -ly（造成副詞：用那種確定、不留餘地的方式）。
同家族的字
- categoricalthe adjective this adverb is made from
- categorythe shared stem, though the living meaning has moved to “no doubt,” not “a type”
原始詞典資料2 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。
categoricallyadv/kæt.əˈɡɒ.ɹɪk.(ə.)li/
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In a categorical manner.
- Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) generically, classically, typically
- a welfare scheme for the categorically needy
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In a categorical manner.
- She categorically denied all allegations of misconduct.
- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.
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。