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Exhaustively is the adverb of exhaustive: it describes doing something in a way that covers absolutely everything. "The topic has been exhaustively researched" means researchers have gone through it completely, leaving no part unexamined.
Exhaustivelyexhaustively is the adverb of exhaustive是exhaustive的副詞: it describes doing something in a way that covers absolutely everything形容把一件事做到完全涵蓋一切、毫無遺漏。 "The topic has been exhaustively researched"「The topic has been exhaustively researched」(這個主題已經被徹底研究過) means代表 researchers have gone through it completely研究者已經完整地研究過了, leaving no part unexamined沒有留下任何一部分沒被檢視。
You will most often meet it beside verbs like研究-type words — researched, studied, tested, documented, examined, catalogued. It sits comfortably in academic writing, reports, and reviews.
You will most often meet it你最常會看到它出現 beside verbs like研究-type words跟在「研究」類的動詞旁邊 — researched, studied, tested, documented, examined, catalogued researched, studied, tested, documented, examined, catalogued(做過研究、研究過、測試過、記錄下來、檢查過、編目過)。 It它 sits comfortably in很自然地出現在 academic writing, reports, and reviews學術寫作、報告和書評裡。
Because it praises thoroughness, it can be used to shut down an argument: saying a question has been "exhaustively studied" hints that there is little point in going over it again. Occasionally, in reviews or complaints, it tips into a mild criticism — "the report exhaustively lists every meeting" can suggest the writer went on too long.
Because it praises thoroughness因為它稱讚的是徹底、周全, it can be used to shut down an argument它可以被用來讓人不想再爭論: saying a question has been "exhaustively studied"說一個問題已經被「exhaustively studied」(徹底研究過了) hints that there is little point in going over it again暗示再討論下去沒什麼意義。 Occasionally有時候, in reviews or complaints在書評或抱怨裡, it tips into a mild criticism它會帶點輕微的批評意味 — "the report exhaustively lists every meeting"「the report exhaustively lists every meeting」(這份報告鉅細靡遺列出每一場會議) can suggest the writer went on too long可能暗示作者寫得太囉唆。
Context tells you which one is meant.
Context上下文 tells you which one is meant會告訴你指的是哪一種。
組成exhaustive + -ly. Underneath: ex- (out) + Latin haurire (to draw out, to scoop empty), so the picture is of emptying a container completely; -ly makes it describe how an action is done.
同家族的字
- exhaustivethe adjective it comes straight from
- exhaustthe root verb — to use something up completely
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。
exhaustivelyadv/ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.li/
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In an exhaustive manner.
- While dictionaries might aspire to be exhaustively comprehensive, or even completist, it is doubtful whether any dictionary ever truly attempts to cover the entirety of the flora and fauna of a living language due to the overwhelming number of entries this would necessitate.
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。