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You use namely when you have spoken of people or things in a general way, and now you will give the actual names — or the exact things you mean. “I invited two friends, namely Mei and Jun.” It is a small pointer: here come the names. A bit careful and ; more at home in writing and formal speech than in chat. You can often skip it and use a colon, or “that is.” Though actually, it does not mean “famous,” and it is not “by name” in the sense of calling out one person in a crowd. It only introduces the list.
也就是、亦即
組成From Middle English namely, nameliche, namelike, equivalent to name + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian nämmelk, West Frisian nammentlik, Dutch namelijk, German Low German nämlich, German nämlich, Danish nemlig, Swedish nämligen, Icelandic nefnilega. (The old adjective is the same pieces: name + -ly.)
同家族的字
- namethe first piece: you are about to give the actual names
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。
namelyadv詞源 1/ˈneɪmli/
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Specifically; that is to say.
- Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have trouble with geometry.
- There are three ways to do it, namely the right way, the wrong way and the Army way.
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archaicEspecially, above all.
- THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / and namely with la beale Isoud / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber
namelyadj詞源 2/ˈneɪmli/
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Notable, distinguished; famous, renowned; well-known.
- […] and certainly there was no namelier king in Scotland for building churches and developing the communities of the land into free towns or burghs.
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。