核心畫面

Picture a finger pointing at one particular human being rather than at a group, an office, or an idea. That narrowing to the individual is the whole adverb: I did it myself, I know the actual person, it was aimed at me, it belongs to my private life.

可以想成:一根手指指的不是一個團體、一個職位或一個想法,而是「那一個活生生的人」。整個副詞做的就是這個收窄的動作:是更多收起可以想成:一根手指指的不是一個團體、一個職位或一個想法,而是「那一個活生生的人」。整個副詞做的就是這個收窄的動作:是我本人做的、我認識本人、那是衝著我來的、那屬於我私人的部分。

From the picture

只代表我自己的看法

把「就這一個人」用在說話的人身上:先聲明接下來只是我一個人的意見,不代表別人,也不是定論。

personally (my own view) · r · A2

used when you want to make it clear that you are only saying what you yourself think.

我個人認為

衝著人來的

同樣是收窄到個人,但方向變成攻擊:批評的箭頭離開了事情本身,落到人身上。

personally (ad hominem) · r · B2

in a way that says bad things about a person themselves, instead of about their ideas or their work.

人身攻擊地

私生活的那一面

收窄到個人生活的那一塊:跟職務、公務無關的那個部分。

personally (private life) · r · B2

in the private part of someone's life, rather than in their work or official duties.

私生活方面

Also in this word

personally (yourself) · r · B1

if you do something personally, you do it yourself instead of asking someone else to do it for you.

親自

personally (met them) · r · B1

if you know someone personally, you have really met them, not just heard about them.

認識本人

personally (one person, not group) · r · B1

used to show that one particular person, and not a whole group, is the one involved.

針對某個人

原始詞典資料4 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。

personallyadv/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/

  • 1

    In a personal manner.

  • 2

    In person.

    • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
    • 'There's a boy here who wants to speak to Miss Clara personally,' he announced.
  • 3

    Concerning oneself.

    • I'm really annoyed with her, personally.
    • Personally I felt shy and uncomfortable at this obsequious adoration, and I read the same feeling in the faces of Roxton and Summerlee, but Challenger expanded like a flower in the sun.
  • 4

    As a person.

    • I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well.

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