核心畫面
Think of it as the feeling of 'already ready, nothing in the way'. The word grows straight out of ready: if something is ready, you do not have to wait for it, hunt for it, or push it. Readily takes that feeling and attaches it to an action — the thing arrives at once, because either the object is sitting right there within reach, or the person needing to act does not stop to think it over first.
可以想成一種「已經備好、中間沒有卡住」的畫面:readily 是從 ready(準備好了)長出來的,把那個「不用再等…更多收起
可以想成一種「已經備好、中間沒有卡住」的畫面:readily 是從 ready(準備好了)長出來的,把那個「不用再等、不用再費力」的感覺加到動作上。路是通的,你伸手就拿得到,或是話一出口對方就點頭——中間沒有多餘的手續、猶豫或阻力。原始詞典資料2 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。
readilyadv/ˈɹɛdɪli/
- 1
Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
- The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.
- 2
Without impediment, easily.
- readily available; readily achievable
- Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.
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。