喜樂美語
  1. 1r/ˈθæŋkfəli/luckily, fortunately還好 / 幸好

    Used at the start of a sentence to show you are glad about what you are saying, especially because a bad situation ended or did not happen.

    文法句子副詞：修飾整句話。

    這個 thankfully 是「句子副詞」——它不形容任何一個動作，而是說話者對整件事的感想，等於中文的「還好…」「幸好…」。放句首加逗號最常見。用它的時候，通常暗示「本來可能會很糟，但沒有」。

    示範例句 · Example

    Thankfully, the rain stopped just before the school parade started.

    中文翻譯感謝地，雨在學校遊行開始前剛好停了。

    常見搭配

    • Thankfully, nobody was hurt

      還好沒有人受傷

      used to say you are glad that no one was injured

      The car hit a wall, but thankfully nobody was hurt.

    • thankfully short

      還好很短

      pleasingly brief, when you expected something long

      The speech was thankfully short.

    • but thankfully

      但還好

      used to introduce the good part after bad news

      We missed the train, but thankfully there was another one.

  2. 2r/ˈθæŋkfəli/gratefully感激地

    In a way that shows you feel grateful and glad while you do something, especially after a hard time has ended.

    這個 thankfully 修飾的是「動作」，形容做這個動作的人心裡帶著感激和放鬆，例如 collapsed thankfully onto the bed（心懷感激地倒在床上）。跟句首的「還好…」不同：這個一定貼著動詞走，而且句子裡看得到一個人在做事。

    常見搭配

    • collapse thankfully

      鬆一口氣地癱下來

      to sit or lie down with relief after being very tired

      We came in and collapsed thankfully onto our beds.

    • accept something thankfully

      感激地接受

      to take something that is offered, with gratitude

      She accepted the offer of help thankfully.

    • sink thankfully into a chair

      如釋重負地坐進椅子裡

      to sit down heavily with relief

      He sank thankfully into the nearest chair.

    意思相近

    gratefullygladlywith relief