Adverbs Flashcards
remarkably
used for emphasizing how surprising or unusual something is
非凡;奇異;引人注目
It is a remarkably noisy and crowded city
Remarkably, she wasn’t hurt in the crash
utterly
completely or extremely
完全地,極度地
What an utterly stupid thing to do!
She was utterly devastated when her husband died
globally
across the whole world
環球地|全球地
The company has to be able to compete globally
Globally, rates of asthma have been rising for years
habitually
usual for someone or often repeated
通常地;習慣性地
There is something wrong with anyone who is so habitually rude
There were schools where more than half the students were habitually late
inevitably
in a way that cannot be avoided
不可避免地
Their arguments inevitably end in tears
merely
1.used to emphasize that you mean exactly what you are saying and nothing more
用於強調所說的即為所想表達的,僅僅,只,
不過是
I wasn’t complaining, I merely said that I was tired
2.used to emphasize that something is not large, important, or effective when compared to something else
(用於強調不大,不重要或效果不大)僅僅,只,不過
The medicine won’t cure her - it merely stops the pain
sparingly
in small amounts, or without wasting any
少量地;節約地
There wasn’t enough coal during the war, so we had to use it sparingly
She created a natural look, using makeup sparingly
inherently
in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of something
內在地;固有地,本質上地
There’s nothing inherently wrong with his ideas
She felt that the system was inherently unfair and unequal
fundamentally
in a basic and important way
根本性地,重大性地
Our new managing director has reorganized the company a little bit, but nothing has fundamentally changed/altered
I still believe that people are fundamentally good
I disagree fundamentally with what you’re saying
paradoxically
in a way that seems impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics
似乎互相抵觸地,看似互爲矛盾地
The big thing in video equipment is, paradoxically, sound
Paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out.