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If two things are comparably expensive, they cost about the same — you can set them side by side and the degree matches.
If two things are comparably expensive如果兩樣東西comparably expensive同樣程度地貴,they cost about the same它們的價錢差不多——you can set them side by side and the degree matches你可以把它們擺在一起比,程度是相配的。
Comparably means “in a similar way” or “to a similar degree.” It is a bit formal; in speech people often say “about as… as” or “similarly.” Use it when the likeness is in how much or how far.
Comparably means "in a similar way" or "to a similar degree."Comparably的意思是"in a similar way"以類似的方式or "to a similar degree."到類似的程度。It is a bit formal這個字有點正式;in speech people often say "about as… as" or "similarly."口語裡大家常說"about as...as"或"similarly"。Use it when the likeness is in how much or how far當相似之處在於多少或多遠的時候,就用這個字。
Though actually it is not the same as comparatively: comparatively cheap means cheap when you set it next to something else (maybe still not cheap in the abstract); comparably cheap would mean cheap to a similar degree as the other thing. That tidy mix-up is everywhere, even in careful writing.
Though actually it is not the same as comparatively不過事實上,它跟comparatively不一樣:comparatively cheap means comparatively cheap的意思是cheap when you set it next to something else跟別的東西比起來便宜,(maybe still not cheap in the abstract)可能單獨來看還是不便宜;comparably cheap would mean comparably cheap的意思會是cheap to a similar degree as the other thing跟另一樣東西比起來,便宜的程度差不多。That tidy mix-up is everywhere這種容易搞混的狀況到處都是,even in careful writing就連寫作仔細的人也會犯。
組成From comparable + -ly. comparable = similar enough to set side by side; -ly makes the adverb.
同家族的字
- comparablethe adjective this adverb comes from
- comparethe verb at the root
- comparisonthe noun for setting things side by side
- comparativelya nearby adverb with a different job: “relatively,” not “to a similar degree”
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。
comparablyadv/kɒmˈpæɹəbl̩i/
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In a comparable manner.
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。