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If something happens insidiously, it happens in that slow, hard-to-notice way that later causes serious harm. You mostly meet this adverb with verbs like spread, grow, and damage. 'The disease spread insidiously' means it moved through the body without a big warning. It is a formal word; in casual talk people are more likely to say 'slowly, without anyone noticing.' You would not use it for a sudden, obvious blow.
隱伏地、陰險地(悄悄地、在沒人注意時造成傷害)
組成From insidious + -ly (the usual English ending that turns an adjective into an adverb).
同家族的字
- insidiousthe adjective this adverb is built from
- insidiousnessthe matching noun, insidious + -ness
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。
insidiouslyadv/ɪnˈsɪdi.əsli/
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In an insidious manner.
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。