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Unbelievably means "in a way that is very hard to believe," usually because something is extremely surprising, good, or bad. People often use it just to add strong emphasis, like "unbelievably expensive," meaning " expensive."
令人難以置信地;超乎想像地
組成un- (not) + believable (able to be believed) + -ly (turns the adjective into an adverb).
同家族的字
- believethe root verb
- unbelievablethe adjective form this adverb comes from
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。
unbelievablyadv
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mannerIn a manner that one does not or cannot believe.
- He gestured unbelievably. Everyone knew he was faking his illness.
- Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.
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To an extent not to be believed.
- His face turned unbelievably blue. We realized he was actually choking.
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Contrary to expectations, amazingly.
- Unbelievably, Rudy saved the man's life but got sued for breaking two of his ribs.
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。