- 1週期性地;循環地
When something happens cyclically, it does not happen just once. It comes back again and again in the same order, like a wheel that keeps turning. The year does this: spring, summer, autumn, winter — then spring again.
When something happens cyclically當一件事情cyclically發生時,it does not happen just once它不會只發生一次。It comes back again and again它會一次又一次回來,in the same order依照同樣的順序,like a wheel that keeps turning就像一直轉動的輪子。The year does this一年就是這樣:spring, summer, autumn, winter春、夏、秋、冬——then spring again然後又回到春天。
People also say prices, sleep, or even a bad mood move cyclically when they go up and down in a repeating pattern.
People also say prices, sleep, or even a bad mood move cyclically人們也會說物價、睡眠,甚至壞心情cyclically變動,when they go up and down in a repeating pattern意思是它們按著重複的模式起起伏伏。
Though actually, this is a rather school-and-report word. In ordinary talk someone is more likely to say “it keeps happening in cycles” or “it comes round again.” And it is about time repeating, not about drawing a circle on a page.
Though actually不過其實,this is a rather school-and-report word這是個比較偏學校報告用語的字。In ordinary talk在日常對話裡,someone is more likely to say "it keeps happening in cycles" or "it comes round again."有人比較可能會說「it keeps happening in cycles」或「it comes round again」。And it is about time repeating而且它講的是時間上的重複,not about drawing a circle on a page不是在紙上畫一個圓圈。
A fan can spin in a circle; the seasons change cyclically.
A fan can spin in a circle電風扇可以轉圈圈;the seasons change cyclically而季節是cyclically變化的。
core核心畫面
組成cyclic (going round / repeating) + -ally (makes an adverb). You can also hear it as cyclical + -ly. Same idea.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
cyclicallyadv/ˈsɪk.lɪk.li/
- 1
In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.
- The exhibits, moreover, reject the supposedly Eurocentric notion of historical development. “Things are looked at very cyclically, not in a linear way,” one curator told The Washington Post.
- El Niño, a temperature change in the Pacific ocean that happens cyclically, may have begun interacting with the long-term process of global warming, with catastrophic results.
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