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    Excessively means much more than is reasonable or necessary — not just “a lot,” but too much.

    Excessively means much more than is reasonable or necessary意思是比合理或必要的程度多很多——not just "a lot," but too much不只是「很多」,而是「太多」。

    If someone worries excessively, the worrying has gone past what the situation needs. If food is excessively salty, there is more salt than most people would call all right.

    If someone worries excessively如果一個人excessively地擔心,the worrying has gone past what the situation needs表示擔心的程度已經超過情況所需要的。If food is excessively salty如果食物excessively鹹,there is more salt than most people would call all right表示鹽放得比大部分人覺得可以接受的還多。

    The word almost always carries a small : it judges the amount as over the line. You will hear it in careful speech and writing (“excessively expensive,” “excessively long”), and it can describe feelings, habits, or physical amounts.

    The word almost always carries a small frown這個字幾乎都帶著一點皺眉的意味:it judges the amount as over the line它是在說這個量已經超過線了。You will hear it in careful speech and writing你會在講究的口語和書寫裡聽到它("excessively expensive," "excessively long"像「excessively expensive」、「excessively long」),and it can describe feelings, habits, or physical amounts它可以形容感覺、習慣,或實際的量。

    Though actually, people sometimes use it with a dry smile, as a polite way of saying “ ridiculously”: “He is excessively proud of that hat.” The core is still “more than it should be.”

    Though actually不過其實,people sometimes use it with a dry smile有人有時候會帶點冷幽默地用它,as a polite way of saying "ridiculously"當作「ridiculously(誇張地)」的委婉說法:"He is excessively proud of that hat."「He is excessively proud of that hat.」The core is still "more than it should be."核心意思還是「比該有的程度多」。

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組成excessive(過度的)+ -ly(變成副詞)。

同家族的字

  • excessivethe adjective this adverb is built from
  • excessthe extra amount that goes over the line
  • exceedto go beyond a limit

原始詞典資料3 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。

excessivelyadv/ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

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    To an excessive degree.

    • The application form was excessively complicated.
    • While Rabbit is described by Milne as being excessively “captainish” or bossy, he also receives warm praise, he has frequent visits from Pooh.
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    In excess.

    • He smoked excessively.
    • Acidotic animals go off their feed, pant and salivate excessively, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt.

excessivelyadj

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