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/ˈtoʊtəli/ · /ˈtəʊtəli/
Completely, or in every part — used mostly before an adjective or another adverb, and also with some verbs, to say that something is true to the fullest degree, with nothing left out.
完全；全然
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Picture pushing a dial all the way to the top with no gap left behind — not most of the way, not nearly, but with nothing held back. Totally different means you cannot find one matching part; totally wrong means no piece of it survives. Its whole job is to push the word after it to full.
可以想成把量表一路推到最頂端，中間不留任何空隙：不是「大部分」、不是「差不多」，而是連一點點都沒有剩下。說 tota…更多收起
可以想成把量表一路推到最頂端，中間不留任何空隙：不是「大部分」、不是「差不多」，而是連一點點都沒有剩下。說 totally different 的時候，畫面比較像兩樣東西找不到一處相同；totally wrong 則是整件事從頭到尾沒有一塊是對的。它的工作就是把後面那個形容詞推到滿格。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。
totallyadv/ˈtəʊ.tə.li/
- 1
To the fullest extent or degree.
- They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.
- Antonio. He misses not much. Sebastian. No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.
- 2
Very; extremely.
- That was totally wicked!
- 3
Definitely; for sure.
- That was totally not what happened.
- Well, we’ve spoken to a lawyer, and the answer, it turns out, is, ‘Yes. That would totally be assault.’ So we’ll say that I didn’t do it.
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。