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Spot-on means exactly right — not roughly right, but right on the mark. You say it about an answer, a guess, an , a description, a measurement: 'Your guess was spot-on.' It is British and Australian, informal, and it usually turns up as a warm little compliment, often on its own as a whole reply: someone explains something and you just say 'Spot-on.' Americans understand it but rarely say it; they would say 'exactly', 'nailed it', or 'right on the money'.
Spot-on means意思是 exactly right完全正確——not roughly right不是大概對,but而是 right on the mark正中靶心地對。You你 about an answer, a guess, an imitation, a description, a measurement會用它講一個答案、一個猜測、一段模仿、一段描述、一個測量:'Your guess was spot-on.'你猜得完全對。It is它是 British and Australian英式和澳式的,informal口語的,and it usually turns up而且通常是 as a warm little compliment一句溫暖的小稱讚 出現,often on its own as a whole reply常常自己就是一整句回答:someone explains something有人解釋了什麼,and you just say你就只說 'Spot-on.'。Americans美國人 understand it聽得懂 but rarely say it但很少說;they would say他們會說 'exactly'、'nailed it'、or或 'right on the money'。
Two things to notice about how it behaves. First, it does not usually go in front of a noun — you say 'her timing was spot-on', not 'a spot-on answer', though people do break that from time to time. Second, it resists more and most: something is spot-on or it is not, so 'more spot-on' sounds wrong.
about how it behaves關於它的用法,Two things to notice有兩件事要注意。First第一,it它 usually通常 does not go in front of a noun不放在名詞前面——you say你會說 'her timing was spot-on'她的時機抓得剛剛好,not而不說 'a spot-on answer',though不過 people人們 from time to time偶爾 do break that也會打破這條。Second第二,it它 resists排斥 more and most:something一件事 is spot-on or it is not要嘛完全對、要嘛就不是,so所以 'more spot-on' sounds wrong聽起來是錯的。
It also works as an adverb: 'He landed spot-on in the middle of the target.'
It它 also也 works as an adverb可以當副詞:'He landed spot-on in the middle of the target.'他不偏不倚正落在靶子中央。
組成spot + on. The picture behind it is a target with a spot in the middle — landing on the spot. The hyphen is normal in British writing, though you will also see it without.
同家族的字
- on the spotthe same spot as a precise point, though it has drifted to mean immediately or right there
- spotlessthe same spot, in its other everyday sense of a mark or stain — spotless is having none
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。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。