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Grievously tells you that something is not a small hurt. It means in a very serious way, the kind that brings deep pain or real suffering.
Grievously這個字 tells you告訴你 that something is not a small hurt某件事不是小傷。 It means它的意思是 in a very serious way非常嚴重的方式, the kind that brings deep pain or real suffering會帶來深深痛苦或真正苦難的那種。
A person can be grievously in a crash — not a scratch, but the kind that changes a life. A person can also be grievously wronged: someone they trusted has done them a heavy injustice.
A person can be grievously injured in a crash一個人可能在車禍中受重傷 — not a scratch, but the kind that changes a life不是擦傷,而是會改變一生的那種傷。 A person can also be grievously wronged一個人也可能被重重地冤枉了: someone they trusted has done them a heavy injustice是他信任的人,對他做了很嚴重的不公平的事。
You will hear it in news, in court, and in books more than in everyday chat at a night market. It is a grave, rather old-fashioned word, and it is too big for a bad test score or a missed bus.
You will hear it in news, in court, and in books你會在新聞、法庭、還有書裡聽到它 more than in everyday chat at a night market比在夜市的日常聊天裡常見。 It is a grave, rather old-fashioned word它是個很鄭重、有點老派的詞, and it is too big for a bad test score or a missed bus用在考差一次或錯過一班公車上都太誇張了。
Though actually, people do stretch it a little: grievously mistaken means badly wrong, not in bodily pain. Even then the feeling is the same — this is heavy, and it matters.
Though actually不過其實, people do stretch it a little大家會把它用得稍微鬆一點: grievously mistaken means badly wrong說grievously mistaken是指大錯特錯, not in bodily pain不是身體上的痛。 Even then即使如此 the feeling is the same感覺還是一樣的 — this is heavy, and it matters這件事很嚴重、很重要。
It is the adverb from grievous, so it tells you how something happens or how true it is, not what the thing is called.
It is the adverb from grievous它是grievous的副詞形式, so it tells you how something happens or how true it is所以它是在說某件事發生的方式,或某件事有多真, not what the thing is called而不是在說那個東西叫什麼名字。
組成From Middle English grevously; grievous (very serious, causing deep hurt) + -ly (makes an adverb).
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。
grievouslyadv
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In a grievous manner, severely.
- [T]he king ſent to the ſea ſixe good ſhippes, well manned and vitayled for the warre: […] for ſaffegarde of the Merchauntes, and other the kinges ſubiectes, that were greuouſly ſpoyled and robbed on the ſea, by Frenchmen, Scottes and other rouers.
- Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […] when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace, Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly, That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
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。