核心畫面

Think of it as a fire burning inside someone that is too big to hide — it leaks out through the voice, the eyes, the body. The word does not tell you what a person does; it tells you how much fire was showing while they did it.

一個人心裡有一團燒得很旺的火,而這團火大到藏不住,會從聲音、眼神、動作裡漏出來。passionately 這個副詞描更多收起一個人心裡有一團燒得很旺的火,而這團火大到藏不住,會從聲音、眼神、動作裡漏出來。passionately 這個副詞描述的不是「做了什麼」,而是「做的時候,那團火有多明顯」。所以同樣一句話,平平地說是 say,帶著火說就是 say it passionately——聽的人不必問你在不在乎,光聽就知道了。這團火最原始、最容易讓人看見的一種,就是愛一個人的時候那種燒起來的樣子。

One branch

心裡那團火燒向哪裡

三個意思其實是同一團火,只是燒的方向不同:燒向一個人、燒向一個信念、燒向一件喜歡的事。英文用同一個副詞,是因為外人看到的樣子幾乎一樣——聲音會抖、眼神會亮、話會變多。

passionately (romantic love) · r · B2

In a way that shows very strong, deep feelings of romantic love for someone.

深情地

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。

passionatelyadv/ˈpæʃənətli/

  • 1

    In a passionate manner.

    • “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]”
    • And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。