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Thoughtlessly is the adverb from 'thoughtless' — it describes HOW something was done: without stopping to think about the people it would touch. 'He thoughtlessly parked across the driveway.' 'She thoughtlessly repeated what I had told her in private.' Because it goes with the verb, it quietly does something kind: it blames the action rather than the person. Compare 'He is thoughtless' (that is who he is) with 'He acted thoughtlessly' (that is what he did this once). English speakers reach for the adverb when they want to complain about the behaviour and leave the person's character alone — a useful move in an office, and worth teaching as a skill, not just a word. It also carries the lighter sense: done automatically, without attention. 'She thoughtlessly dropped the receipt in the bin' — no , just no thinking. Position: usually right before the verb ('he thoughtlessly said…'), or at the end ('he said it thoughtlessly'). It is a slightly formal, written-feeling word. In speech, most people would say 'without thinking' instead — 'He said it without thinking' is the everyday version and sounds more natural in conversation.
不體貼地、沒替別人著想地;也可以是「沒多想就(做了)」。口語其實更常講 without thinking。
組成thought + -less + -ly. The -less means 'without'; the -ly turns the adjective into a word about how something is done. So the whole thing is: in a way that is without thought (for others).
同家族的字
- thoughtlessthe adjective this comes straight from — add -ly and you get the adverb
- carelesslybuilt the same way: care + -less + -ly
- thoughtfulthe same 'thought' with -ful, the opposite ending
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。
thoughtlesslyadv/ˈθɔt.lɪs.li/
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Done without thinking.
- He thoughtlessly invited her to come jogging, as he knew she hated exercise.
- The railway ran through the resort's narrow streets up to Weymouth Quay station, with thoughtlessly parked vehicles sometimes having to be bumped out of the way.
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。