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One way to hold conveniently is: the way something happens when it costs the person almost no extra time or trouble. It describes the fit between an event and someone's life — the delivery arrives while you are still home, the shop sits right next to the office. And because the word always quietly asks 'convenient for whom?', it can turn sharp: if a thing lands just a little too in someone's favour, saying it happened conveniently lets a listener hear a raised .

conveniently 可以想成「事情發生的方式，剛好省了某個人的力氣」。它描述的是一件事跟一個人生活之間的貼合度…更多收起conveniently 可以想成「事情發生的方式，剛好省了某個人的力氣」。它描述的是一件事跟一個人生活之間的貼合度：包裹在你還沒出門時就送到、店面就開在辦公室隔壁。也因為這個字骨子裡一直在問「對誰方便？」，它可以突然變得帶刺——當一件事「剛剛好」對某人有利，用 conveniently 說出來，聽的人就會挑起眉毛。

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反諷：剛好對他自己方便

同樣是「剛好省了某人的麻煩」，只是說話的人把「對誰方便」點了出來——而答案是對當事人自己。於是原本中性的貼合感，就變成了懷疑的語氣。

suspiciously, as if on purpose · r · B2

If someone has conveniently forgotten, ignored, or lost something, they did it on purpose because it helps them avoid a problem.

剛好／恰好（故意）

Also in this word

with little trouble · r · B2

In a way that costs you little time or trouble.

方便地

in an easy-to-reach spot · r · B2

In a place that is easy to get to.

位置便利地

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。

convenientlyadv/kənˈvinjəntli/

  • 1

    In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

    • his body was now conveniently inclin'd towards me, and just softly chucking his smooth beardless chin, I asked him if he was afraid of a lady?
  • 2

    In a manner provoking suspicion due to how well it suits someone's purposes.

    • You expect me to believe that someone created a wormhole, and now conveniently has disassembled it?
    • If you prefer to deal in actual figures, as opposed to conveniently distracting speculative ones, then do recall that the British taxpayer bailed out Lloyds to the tune of around £20bn, and continues to face a massive loss on those shares.

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。