- 1毫不費力的、輕鬆自如的(常是「功夫深到看起來輕鬆」,不是偷懶)
If something is effortless, it looks easy — but the hidden story is usually skill. A dancer who has for years can make a jump look effortless: you do not see the work, only the clean landing. A speaker with effortless English seems not to hunt for words. The word praises the result, not . Though actually, people also stretch it. An effortless win can mean the other team was weak, so little work was needed. Effortless beauty can mean someone did not seem to try, or that we are not supposed to see the trying. It is a kind word in reviews and everyday talk, a little richer than just “easy.” Easy can mean “a child could do it.” Effortless often means “they could do it so well that it looked like nothing.” You can use it about movement, speech, style, and work that hides its own sweat.
From the word’s history
effort + -less.
effort(努力)加 -less(沒有),即「不費力的」。
組成From effort + -less (“without”). Effort is the work you put in; -less here means “so little of that work shows.”
同家族的字
- effortthe work this word says you barely see
- effortlesslythe adverb: doing it in that easy-looking way
- effortfulthe rarer opposite: clearly taking work
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
effortlessadj/ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/
- 1
Without effort.
- She made the move look completely effortless.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。