核心畫面
Surely is sure + -ly: doing or saying something in a sure way, with no room for doubt left. Picture a person putting their whole weight on a step because they know it will hold. Most of the everyday uses are that same certainty turned outward — the speaker leans on it and asks the listener to lean on it too.
可以想成 sure（確定的）加上 -ly，也就是「以一種不留餘地的確定去說、去發生」。畫面有點像一個人整個重量踩上一…更多收起
可以想成 sure（確定的）加上 -ly，也就是「以一種不留餘地的確定去說、去發生」。畫面有點像一個人整個重量踩上一級階梯，因為他知道那級撐得住。日常用法多半是把這份確定「轉向對方」：說話的人自己先站穩了，再邀請聽的人一起站上來——所以 surely 常常聽起來不只是陳述，而是在等你點頭。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。
surelyadv/ˈʃɔːli/
- 1
Without fail.
- slowly but surely
- 2
Certainly, undoubtedly.
- Surely, you must be joking.
- You don’t suppose we're going to pay for you, surely?
- 3
With confidence.
- His feet were planted surely on the ground.
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us[…].
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。