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    /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/

    used to say that something is completely true, or to show that you are sure about it and can see no reason to doubt it.

    無疑；肯定

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Think of a speaker looking around for a reason to doubt what they are about to say — and finding none. 'Undoubtedly' is the word they drop in to mark that search coming up empty: not 'I have proof', but 'nothing here gives me any room to hesitate'. It is the speaker's own certainty being shown, laid over the statement.

可以想成說話的人在講出這句話之前，先四處找了一圈「有沒有什麼理由該懷疑」，結果一個也沒找到。undoubtedly …更多收起可以想成說話的人在講出這句話之前，先四處找了一圈「有沒有什麼理由該懷疑」，結果一個也沒找到。undoubtedly 就是用來標記這個「找不到懷疑的縫隙」的狀態——它不是在說「我有證據」，而是在說「我這邊沒有任何猶豫的餘地」。所以它加上去的是說話者的把握，蓋在整句話上面。

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。

undoubtedlyadv/ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/

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    Without doubt; definitely.

    • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
    • He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

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。