喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture lovely: warm approval — something is good and you are glad about it. It started with beauty, but in everyday British speech it has spread far past looks: a lovely afternoon, a lovely man, and on its own as a cheerful yes. It is a spoken, friendly word, so most of these uses belong to conversation rather than writing.

可以想成 lovely 是一種帶著暖意的認可：這東西好，而你也為它高興。它最早講的是美，但在英式日常口語裡早已跑得比…更多收起可以想成 lovely 是一種帶著暖意的認可：這東西好，而你也為它高興。它最早講的是美，但在英式日常口語裡早已跑得比外貌遠得多——a lovely afternoon、a lovely man，甚至單獨一個字就是開心的「好啊」。它是口語裡的親切用字，所以下面多數用法屬於對話，不屬於寫作。

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口語裡的三種特別用法

同一個字在對話裡被拿去做三件事：語氣一翻就變成反話，接上 and 就變成加強語氣，單獨說出口則整句話都省了——共通點是它們都只活在口語裡。

lovely! (pleased answer) · adjective · A2

Said on its own as an answer, to show that you are pleased or that something is fine with you.

太好了！好啊！

Also in this word

lovely, beautiful · adjective · A2

Very nice to look at, listen to, or smell; beautiful in a warm, friendly way.

美麗的；好看的

lovely, very pleasant · adjective · A2

Very pleasant or enjoyable — used about times, days, meals, and things people give you.

很棒的；愉快的

lovely, kind person · adjective · A2

Kind, friendly, and easy to like — used about a person.

親切的；人很好的

原始詞典資料11 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。

Lovelyname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.

lovelyadj詞源 1/ˈlʌv.li/

  • 1

    Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.

    • It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
    • The music box plays a lovely melody.
  • 2

    Nice; wonderful.

    • It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
    • It is a lovely night, and why should we not prolong our ride a little?"
  • 3

    obsoleteInspiring love or friendship; amiable.

    • a most lovely gentlemanlike man
  • 4

    obsoleteLoving, filled with love.

    • seal the title with a lovely kiss

lovelynoun詞源 1/ˈlʌv.li/

  • 1

    informalAn attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

    • a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
    • "I'd sooner be on the stage than anywhere else." "You mean you like being cocked up in front of an audience with nothing much on and getting a thrill out of being what those idiotic newspapers call a Lovely or a Glamour Girl. With all the damned glamour on the stage and none off it."
  • 2

    Term of fond address.

    • Goodbye, my lovely.
    • But where do you go to my lovely / When you're alone in your bed?
  • 3

    A lovely object.

    • In Montréal, the summer months bring in a huge variety of fruits and vegetables and this is the time to preserve them. Preserving can also refer to the storage of these fiber and vitamin rich lovelies.
    • May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies.

lovelyadv詞源 2/ˈlʌv.li/

  • 1

    informalIn a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.

    • She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely.

lovelyadj詞源 3/ˈlʌv.li/

  • 1

    archaicWorthy of praise.

    • And so he is in the eyes of all who live to his praise. To them every attribute of God is lovely. The holiness and purity of his nature is most lovely to them.
    • He is altogether lovely. O, all our praises of him are poor and low things!

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。