核心畫面

Think of a line drawn at whatever counts as normal — the usual price, the usual temperature, the usual behaviour of this person. `unusually` is the speaker pointing at that line and saying: this one is off it. What sits off the line can be an amount (`unusually cold for May`) or a whole event (`Unusually, the shop was closed`). Either way the word is doing the same job — it quietly reminds you that a normal exists, and marks this case as away from it.

可以想成有一條線,畫在「平常應該是這樣」的位置上——平常的價錢、平常的溫度、這個人平常的樣子。unusually 就更多收起可以想成有一條線,畫在「平常應該是這樣」的位置上——平常的價錢、平常的溫度、這個人平常的樣子。unusually 就是說話的人指著那條線說:這一次不在線上。離開線的可以是一個「量」(unusually cold for May),也可以是「整件事」(Unusually, the shop was closed)。不管哪一種,這個字做的事情都一樣:它先安靜地提醒你有一個常態存在,再把眼前這一次標記成偏離常態。

Two branches

偏離的是「程度」

最常見的用法:緊貼在一個形容詞前面,把那個性質的量往上推,並且暗示「跟平常比」。

more than usual · r · A2

more than usual — used before words like high, large, quiet, or cold to say the amount or feeling is stronger than normal.

異常地;特別

偏離的是「這件事」

同一條線,但這次被標記的不是某個性質的量,而是整件事發生了本身。位置也跟著換:從形容詞前面移到句子最前面,管的範圍就從一個詞擴大到一整句。

surprisingly, not typical · r · B1

used to say that something is not what usually happens, often at the start of a sentence.

難得地;不尋常地

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。

unusuallyadv/ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/

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    In an unusual manner.

    • She's unusually happy for someone who's just broken her leg.
    • My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.

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