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lightly

🇺🇸 /lˈaɪtli/
adv 编号: L00918 牛津3000 BNC #3528 COCA #3396
副词,表示以轻的方式进行,也常表示不认真、不严肃地看待某事。
💡 记忆钩子
想象手上只放着一件很轻的东西:动作可以轻轻地做,态度也可以“轻轻带过”,所以引申为不把事情当回事。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握“认真对待某事”这一常见用法,再学习表示动作轻柔的用法。
  • 不要把 lightly 一律理解成“轻易地”;它常强调动作轻柔或态度不严肃。
📖 中文释义
adv
  • core 轻柔地;不严肃地
    📖 它把“轻”的概念用于动作或态度:动作做得轻柔,或者面对问题时没有认真看待。尤其在 take lightly 中,意思是把某事看得不重要、没有充分重视。
    💡 常见结构是 take+事情或人+lightly,表示“不认真对待”;修饰具体动作时可放在动词后,如轻轻地触碰或移动。用于否定句时语气常较强,表示某事不容忽视;不要直接把它理解成“很容易地”。
    As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.
    作为老师,我不会轻视课堂上的无礼行为。
    She lightly touched the picture to remove the dust.
    她轻轻地碰了碰那幅画,把灰尘拂掉。
lightlier comparative more lightly comparative lightliest superlative most lightly superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 7 组
with indifference or without dejection
同义词集: lightly
he took it lightly
indulging with temperance
同义词集: lightly
we eat lightly in the morning
反义: hard, heavily, intemperately
to a slight degree
同义词集: lightly
her speech is only lightly accented
with little weight or force
同义词集: lightly softly gently
she kissed him lightly on the forehead
with few burdens
同义词集: lightly light
experienced travellers travel light
in a small quantity or extent;
同义词集: thinly lightly
spread the margarine thinly over the meat
apply paint lightly
without good reason
同义词集: lightly
one cannot say such things lightly
🌳 词源
源自古英语,基本构成为 light(轻的)加副词后缀 -ly。
From Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche, from Old English lēohtlīċe, equivalent to light + -ly.
🔄 变式
lightlier compar lightliest superl more lightly compar most lightly superl
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