If you do something coldly, you do it with no warm feeling — no kindness in the voice, no softness in the face. It is not about the weather. A person can speak coldly, look at you coldly, or turn you down coldly; the other person often feels shut out, as if they do not matter.

If you do something coldly如果你冷冷地做某件事, you do it你做這件事的時候 with no warm feeling不帶一點溫暖的感覺 — no kindness in the voice聲音裡沒有溫柔, no softness in the face表情也不軟化。 It它 is not about the weather跟天氣沒有關係。 A person人 can speak coldly可以冷冷地說話, look at you coldly冷冷地看你, or turn you down coldly或冷冷地拒絕你; the other person對方 often feels shut out常常會覺得被排除在外, as if they do not matter好像自己不重要。

It is a little more formal than just calling someone “cold,” and stories and news use it a lot. You can also use it for hard choices: a boss who fires people coldly does the job as if feelings are not in the room.

It它 is a little more formal比cold這個字正式一點 than just calling someone “cold,”比起直接說某人「cold」, and stories and news use it a lot而且故事和新聞很常用。 You你 can also use it for hard choices也可以用在很難的抉擇上: a boss老闆 who fires people coldly冷冷地開除員工 does the job as if feelings are not in the room做這件事的時候好像情緒都不存在。

Though actually, people sometimes say coldly when they only mean “calmly, with no drama” — a doctor naming a fact coldly may not be unkind, just not wrapping it in soft words. The unfriendly reading is still the one you will meet first.

Though actually不過其實, people人們 sometimes say coldly有時候說coldly when they only mean “calmly, with no drama”只是想表達「冷靜、不帶戲劇性」 — a doctor醫生 naming a fact coldly冷靜地說出一個事實 may not be unkind不一定是無情, just not wrapping it in soft words只是沒有用溫和的話包裝。 The unfriendly reading不友善的這個意思 is still the one you will meet first還是你會最先遇到的那個。