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Informal. When something is full-on, it is as strong, loud, busy, or complete as it can be — nothing held back.
Informal口語用法。When something is full-on當某件事是 full-on 的時候,it is as strong, loud, busy, or complete as it can be它就是能有多強、多吵、多忙、多完整就有多強、多吵、多忙、多完整—— nothing held back完全不保留。
A full-on party is wild, not a quiet cup of tea; a full-on argument is a real fight; full-on summer heat means the hottest kind. You can also use it like an adverb: they went full-on with the decorations; she is full-on in exam week.
A full-on partyA full-on party(很嗨的派對) is wild很瘋狂,not a quiet cup of tea不是安安靜靜喝杯茶那種;a full-on argumentA full-on argument(真正的爭吵) is a real fight是真的吵起來;full-on summer heatfull-on summer heat(盛夏的酷熱) means the hottest kind指的是最熱的那種。You can also use it like an adverb你也可以把它當副詞用:they went full-on with the decorations他們裝飾弄得非常徹底;she is full-on in exam week她考試週整個人火力全開。
Younger speakers use it a lot, and it is especially at home in British and Australian English, though Americans say it too now. It belongs in chat, messages, and casual stories, not in a formal report.
Younger speakers use it a lot年輕人很常用,and it is especially at home in British and Australian English尤其在英式和澳式英語裡很自然,though Americans say it too now不過現在美國人也會這樣說。It belongs in chat, messages, and casual stories它適合出現在聊天、訊息和輕鬆的小故事裡,not in a formal report不適合正式報告。
People stretch it: “full-on mode” just means they are not holding anything back. Though actually, it does not mean a machine is switched fully on; it means extreme.
People stretch it人們也會延伸這個詞的用法:"full-on mode""full-on mode"(全力模式) just means they are not holding anything back意思就是完全不保留。Though actually不過其實,it does not mean a machine is switched fully on它不是指機器完全開啟;it means extreme它的意思是"極致"。
組成From full- (“fully, completely”) + on.
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。
full-onadj
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All-out; out and out; complete; utter.
- This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
- It only takes a little tweaking for the Simpsons’ home to become a full-on freak show, with Homer as its perpetually apoplectic main attraction.
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Extreme; to the maximum degree.
full-onadv
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Totally; with full commitment.
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。