核心畫面

Picture a surface that has not been smoothed down — edges left as they came. Roughly is that unsmoothed quality turned into an adverb. Applied to how you handle something, it means without care or gentleness; applied to a number, it means the figure has not been filed down to an exact value, so it is close but not polished.

可以想成:一個沒有磨平的表面,邊邊角角就這樣留著。roughly 就是把這種「沒磨過」的性質變成副詞。用在動作上,就更多收起可以想成:一個沒有磨平的表面,邊邊角角就這樣留著。roughly 就是把這種「沒磨過」的性質變成副詞。用在動作上,就是沒有輕手輕腳、粗手粗腳地做;用在數字上,就是這個數還沒被磨到精確,差不多但不漂亮。兩個用法看起來差很遠,其實共用同一個「未經細修」的畫面。

From the picture

數字沒有算得很精

沒磨平的不是動作而是數字:講出來的值還帶著毛邊,接近但不精確。

approximately · r · B2

used before a number, amount, or fact to show it is not exact, but close to being correct.

大約;大概

Also in this word

roughly; harshly · r · B2

in a way that uses too much force; not gently or carefully.

粗魯地;用力地

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。

roughlyadv/ˈɹʌf.li/

  • 1

    In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

    • They treated the prisoners roughly [...] slashing pitilessly with their whips to drive them as wretched animals before them.
  • 2

    Unevenly or irregularly.

  • 3

    Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

    • Satanism can be divided, roughly, into two branches: the Luciferians and the Palladists.
    • Of the roughly 400 emerging infectious diseases that have been identified since 1940, more than 60% are zoonotic: ie they came from animals. Throughout history this has been common.

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