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In a way that feels good to be in or to be around — nothing sharp, nothing too much, nothing that grates. A room that is pleasantly cool, or a person who answers you pleasantly: in both, the edge you might have braced for simply isn't there.
可以想成一種「剛剛好、不刺人」的感受:房間涼得舒服而不冷、聲音安靜得讓人放鬆,或是一個人回你話的時候語氣平和、臉上帶…更多收起
可以想成一種「剛剛好、不刺人」的感受:房間涼得舒服而不冷、聲音安靜得讓人放鬆,或是一個人回你話的時候語氣平和、臉上帶點笑。一種想法是,pleasantly 描述的是那個沒有稜角的部分——你原本可能會緊繃一下的地方,結果並沒有出現。它可以貼在環境的感覺上,也可以貼在一個人待人的方式上,兩邊其實是同一種「令人舒服」的延伸。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。
pleasantlyadv/ˈplɛzəntli/
- 1
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
- He smiled pleasantly at passersby.
- They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
- 2
Lightly
- 3
obsoleteLudicrously; facetiously.
- In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.
- Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum. In answer to the inquiry, 'Will you mix it, Mr Wegg?' that gentleman pleasantly rejoined, 'I think not, sir. On so auspicious an occasion, I prefer to take it in the form of a Gum-Tickler.'
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。