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    In the same way everywhere, or to the same degree throughout — with no part different from any other.

    In the same way everywhere以同樣的方式遍及各處, or to the same degree throughout或整體上達到相同的程度──with no part different from any other沒有任何一部分和其他部分不同。

    It has two everyday jobs. First, it describes how something is spread or done: spread the butter uniformly, heat the pan uniformly, the rule is applied uniformly to all students. Here it means evenly, with nothing thicker or thinner, no favourites. You will see it a lot in science writing, cooking instructions, and rules, because "evenly" sometimes sounds too casual.

    It has two everyday jobs它在日常用法上有兩種功能。First首先, it describes how something is spread or done它用來描述東西怎麼被塗抹或執行: spread the butter uniformly把奶油均勻地塗開, heat the pan uniformly把鍋子均勻地加熱, the rule is applied uniformly to all students這條規定均勻地套用在所有學生身上。Here在這裡 it means evenly它的意思是「均勻地」, with nothing thicker or thinner沒有哪裡比較厚或比較薄, no favourites也沒有偏袒誰。You will see it a lot in你會常常在 science writing, cooking instructions, and rules科學寫作、烹飪說明和規則裡看到它, because "evenly" sometimes sounds too casual因為「evenly」有時候聽起來太隨性了。

    Second — and this one surprises — it works as an before an adjective, meaning "every single one, without exception": the reviews were uniformly good, the response was uniformly negative, her students were uniformly polite. Notice that this use is about a group of separate things all landing the same way, and it quietly says the writer checked and found no exceptions. That makes it stronger than "generally" or "mostly".

    Second第二種用法──and this one surprises learners這個常讓學習者感到意外──it works as an intensifier before an adjective它放在形容詞前面當加強語氣的副詞, meaning "every single one, without exception"意思是「每一個都是,沒有例外」: the reviews were uniformly good評論一致地好, the response was uniformly negative反應一致地負面, her students were uniformly polite她的學生一致地有禮貌。Notice that this use is about請注意這個用法指的是 a group of separate things all landing the same way一群個別的東西全都落在同一個結果上, and it quietly says而且它暗中表示 the writer checked and found no exceptions作者查證過,沒有發現例外。That makes it stronger than這讓它比 "generally" or "mostly"「generally」或「mostly」的語氣更強。

    It is a formal-leaning word. In speech most people would say evenly, or all of them were, or across the board. In writing it is very much at home.

    It is a formal-leaning word這是一個偏正式的字。In speech在口語裡 most people would say大部分人會說 evenly, or all of them were, or across the board「evenly」、「all of them were」或「across the board」。In writing在書面文字裡 it is very much at home它就非常自在了。

    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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組成uniform(同一形狀的)+ -ly(副詞字尾)。uniform 來自拉丁文 unus「一」+ forma「形狀」。

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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。

uniformlyadv/ˈjunəfɔɹmli/

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    In a uniform manner, consistently.

    • The Pullmans have been painted green, uniformly with the rest of the stock, and only their characteristic outline distinguishes them from the rest of the stock.
    • After decades of observation, it's pretty obvious to me that all governments are uniformly useless at actually running anything, so we need to employ the private sector to do the job for us on properly specified contracts [...].

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。