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    If you do something effortlessly, you do it in that , easy-looking way. She caught the ball effortlessly; he moved through the song effortlessly. Same idea as , but now it tells you about the doing, not about the thing.

    If you do something effortlessly如果你effortlessly地做一件事,you do it in that skilful, easy-looking way表示你做得很有技巧,看起來毫不費力。 She caught the ball effortlessly她輕輕鬆鬆就接住了球;he moved through the song effortlessly他毫不費力地唱完整首歌。 Same idea as effortless跟effortless的概念一樣,but now it tells you about the doing, not about the thing但現在說的是動作本身,不是那個東西。

    It is common in praise: sport, music, speech, cooking. Though actually, it can also be a little sharp. “He lied effortlessly” means the lying came too easily, and that is not a compliment.

    It is common in praise: sport, music, speech, cooking這個字常出現在稱讚裡,像運動、音樂、演講、烹飪。 Though actually不過其實,it can also be a little sharp它也可以帶點諷刺。"He lied effortlessly"「他撒謊撒得毫不費力」這句話 means the lying came too easily意思是說謊說得太輕鬆了,and that is not a compliment而這不是稱讚。

    As with , the tidy meaning is skill that hides the work; the loose meaning is simply “with no trouble.” Listen to the rest of the sentence to hear which one you are getting. It is an ordinary word in stories and talk, a step up from “easily” when you want to praise how smooth the action looked.

    As with effortless就跟effortless一樣,the tidy meaning is skill that hides the work精確的意思是技巧高到藏起了背後的努力;the loose meaning is simply "with no trouble."寬鬆的意思就只是「沒有麻煩」。Listen to the rest of the sentence to hear which one you are getting要聽句子其他部分才知道是哪一種意思。 It is an ordinary word in stories and talk在故事和講話裡是很普通的字,a step up from "easily" when you want to praise how smooth the action looked是比「easily」更進一步的說法,用來稱讚動作有多流暢。

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組成From effortless + -ly. -ly turns the adjective into a word about how someone does the action.

同家族的字

  • effortlessthe adjective this is built from
  • effortthe work that, here, barely shows

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。

effortlesslyadv/ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/

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    Without effort; without difficulty or struggle.

    • She hoisted the child effortlessly and plopped him in bed.
    • Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

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