核心畫面

Two things laid side by side that do not match. The word marks the gap between them, and what sits on the other side of the gap changes the flavour: another person, an earlier version of yourself, a method you already tried, or simply 'what people normally do' — and that last one is where the word can turn into a gentle way of saying you are not sure you like it.

可以想成:兩樣東西並排放著,對不起來。這個字標記的就是中間那道落差;而落差的另一邊放的是誰,味道就跟著變:可能是另一更多收起可以想成:兩樣東西並排放著,對不起來。這個字標記的就是中間那道落差;而落差的另一邊放的是誰,味道就跟著變:可能是另一個人、可能是以前的你、可能是你剛試過的做法,也可能只是「大家平常的樣子」——最後這一種,正是它會變成一句委婉評語的地方。

From the picture

跟一般的不太一樣

落差的另一邊放的是「大家習慣的樣子」;因為講話的人沒有明說喜不喜歡,這個字就成了一句留有餘地的評語。

oddly · r · B1

In a way that is not usual — often said when you are not sure you like it.

怪怪地;很特別地

Also in this word

not the same way · r · B1

In a way that is not like something or someone else, or not like the way it was before.

不一樣地

each its own way · r · B1

Each in its own way, when two or more people or things of the same kind are not the same as each other.

各自不同地

a new way · r · B1

In another way — using a way that is not the one you used before.

換個方式

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。

differentlyadv/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/

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    In a different way.

    • Things turned out differently from what I'd envisaged.
    • I was (says Mr. Highmore) forcibly struck with the violence of its pulsation, so much so, that, if it had been differently situated, I should have considered it an aneurism of considerable magnitude.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。