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When you do something slavishly, you follow, obey, or copy someone so completely that you stop thinking for yourself. Writers and teachers use this word to show they do not like it — it is almost never a compliment. You can copy a style slavishly, follow a leader slavishly, or stick to a rule slavishly, word for word. It is not about real at work; it is a rather formal, sharp way to say “too much, and with no mind of your own.” You will hear it more in writing and serious talk than in the school corridor. Though actually, people stretch it a little: even copying a recipe or a fashion look “slavishly” can draw the same cold look, not only or big ideas.
盲從地、一味模仿地
組成slavish + -ly. slavish already means “too obedient, like a slave”; -ly turns it into an adverb (how you do something).
同家族的字
- slavishthe adjective this adverb is built from
- slavethe older noun slavish comes from
- slavishnessthe noun for the same disapproving idea
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。
slavishlyadv/ˈsleɪvɪʃli/
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In a slavish manner.
- Although the words were not slavishly borrowed, the expressions partook of the simple dignity of the liturgy to which she had been accustomed, and was probably as worthy of the Being to whom they were addressed as they could well be made by human powers.
- "Railways seldom slavishly followed styles to be seen in the mainstream of contemporary architecture," HE [Historic England] explains.
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。