1. 1令人無法忍受地

    Insufferably means ‘in a way that is extremely or unpleasant’. It usually sits in front of an adjective that has gone too far: insufferably proud, insufferably loud, insufferably pleased with themselves.

    Insufferably meansinsufferably的意思是「in a way that is extremely annoying or unpleasant用讓人非常受不了、很不舒服的方式」。It usually sits in front of an adjective它通常放在一個形容詞前面,that has gone too far那個形容詞已經「過頭」了:insufferably proud, insufferably loud, insufferably pleased with themselves像 insufferably proud(驕傲到讓人受不了)、insufferably loud(吵到讓人受不了)、insufferably pleased with themselves(得意到讓人受不了)。

    The flavour is the same as insufferable — a bit sharp, a bit grown-up. You are not giving a calm measurement; you are saying the quality has crossed the line where other people can bear it.

    The flavour is the same as insufferable語感跟 insufferable 一樣,a bit sharp, a bit grown-up有點尖銳,有點大人的口氣。You are not giving a calm measurement你不是在冷靜地測量程度;you are saying the quality has crossed the line你是在說這個特質已經超過了那條線,where other people can bear it別人可以忍受的那條線。

    Though actually, you will hear it more in writing and in careful speech than in playground English. In chat, a student might just say ‘so proud it was ’ — that is the same idea, said more softly.

    Though actually不過實際上,you will hear it more in writing and in careful speech你比較常在寫作和講究的說話裡聽到它,than in playground English而不是在玩鬧的口語裡。In chat在聊天的時候,a student might just say 'so proud it was annoying'學生可能就直接說『so proud it was annoying』(驕傲到很煩),that is the same idea, said more softly意思一樣,只是講得比較輕。

core核心畫面

組成insufferable + -ly.

同家族的字

  • insufferablethe adjective this adverb is built from
  • sufferthe older ‘bear’ sense still sitting under the word

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。

insufferablyadv

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    In an insufferable manner.

    • He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound insufferably Pecksniffian.

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