Tastefully is the adverb: it tells you HOW something was done, and it says it was done with good judgement — quietly, suitably, without going too far. It sits with a small set of verbs again and again, almost always in the passive: tastefully decorated, tastefully furnished, tastefully dressed, tastefully done. If you learn 'tastefully decorated' as one lump, you have most of the word.

Tastefully is the adverb是副詞： it tells you HOW something was done告訴你一件事是怎麼做的， and it says it was done with good judgement而且是帶著好品味做的 — quietly, suitably, without going too far低調、得體、不過火。It sits with a small set of verbs它一再搭配一小群動詞 again and again反覆地， almost always in the passive幾乎都是被動式： tastefully decorated tastefully decorated， tastefully furnishedtastefully furnished， tastefully dressedtastefully dressed， tastefully donetastefully done。If you learn如果你把 'tastefully decorated'『tastefully decorated』 as one lump當成一整塊來學， you have most of the word就掌握了這個字的大半。

You will meet it constantly in the language of selling and describing places — hotel pages, Airbnb listings, property advertisements, wedding write-ups. There it is close to a set phrase, a polite way of saying 'this looks good and we did not overdo it'. Because of that, it can sound a little bit like advertising when a student uses it in ordinary conversation.

You will meet it constantly你會不斷遇到它 in the language of selling and describing places在推銷和描述場所的語言裡 — hotel pages, Airbnb listings, property advertisements, wedding write-ups飯店介紹頁、Airbnb的房源介紹、房地產廣告、婚禮文案。There在那裡 it is close to a set phrase它幾乎是個固定用語， a polite way of saying一種禮貌地說 'this looks good and we did not overdo it'『這裡好看，而且我們沒有做過頭』的方式。Because of that正因為這樣， it can sound a little bit like advertising聽起來會有點像在打廣告 when a student uses it in ordinary conversation如果學生在一般對話裡用它。

It carries the same restraint as tasteful: tastefully means with less, not with more. 'The room was tastefully decorated' tells your listener the room was calm and well put together — never that it was full of expensive things.

It carries the same restraint as tasteful它跟tasteful帶著一樣的節制感： tastefully means with less, not with moretastefully的意思是少一點，而不是多一點。'The room was tastefully decorated'『The room was tastefully decorated』 tells your listener告訴聽的人 the room was calm and well put together這房間很沉穩、很搭調 — never that it was full of expensive things絕不是說裡面堆滿了昂貴的東西。