absolutely
英 ['æbsəluːtlɪ]
美 ['æbsəlutli]
英文詞源
- absolutely (adv.)
- late 14c., "unconditionally, completely," from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "without reference to anything else, not relatively;" meaning "to the utmost degree" emerged by mid-16c. As a colloquial emphatic in American English, it is attested from 1892.
雙語例句
- 1. The car park was absolutely packed solid with people.
- 停車場被人擠得水泄不通。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
- 肯定有成千上萬的學生都渴望到這所大學念書。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. "I absolutely hated school," Rachel says. "I skived off all the time."
- “我恨透了學校，”雷切爾說，“我總是逃學。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman.
- 以年紀較長的女性作為自己仿效的對象絕沒有什麽不對。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I don't mind telling you I was absolutely terrified.
- 說真的，我當時嚇壞了。
來自柯林斯例句