磨淡之後：非常
強烈的字用久了會變淡：原本說「誇張到不能信」，後來變成單純加強語氣，跟相不相信已經無關。
extremely · r · B2
Used before an adjective or adverb to say that something is true to a very great degree; extremely.
非常
核心畫面
The word literally says 'in a way you cannot believe'. Sometimes it means that for real — the fact is genuinely hard to accept. But English wears its strong words out, so most of the time it has into simply 'very', with nobody's belief actually in question.
這個字字面上是「到了無法相信的程度」。有時候它真的是這個意思——那件事確實難以置信。但英文的強烈字用久了會磨鈍，所以…更多收起
這個字字面上是「到了無法相信的程度」。有時候它真的是這個意思——那件事確實難以置信。但英文的強烈字用久了會磨鈍，所以多數時候它已經淡化成單純的「非常」，沒有人真的在懷疑什麼。判斷是哪一個，看它是掛在形容詞前面（多半是「非常」），還是修飾整句話（多半是真的驚訝）。From the picture
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surprisingly · r · B2
Used to say that something is surprising and hard to believe.
難以置信地
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。
incrediblyadv/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/
- 1
mannerIn an incredible manner; not to be believed.
- With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members.
- 2
To a great extent; extremely.
- He was incredibly wealthy.
- “The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.”
- 3
Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.
- Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.
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。