喜樂美語
  1. 1rB2/əˈrɪdʒɪnəli/原本；起初

    at the beginning, or before something changed to be different later.

    at the beginning在一開始 or before something changed to be different later或在某個東西後來變得不同之前

    示範例句 · Example

    We originally planned to have the party outside, but it rained, so we moved it indoors.

    逐字我們原本計畫在外面辦派對，但下雨了，所以我們把它移到室內。

    「originally」是用來說『一開始／本來的情況』，重點通常放在後面——事情後來不一樣了。跟 at first 意思很接近，但 originally 比較常用在計畫、地點、來源這類『本來設定成什麼樣子』的句子，而不是單純講一件事『先發生什麼』；比起正式的 at the outset，originally 是中性、書面口語都能用的字。

    常見搭配

    • originally planned

      原本計畫（後來改變了）

      what was decided or intended before things changed

      Two hundred people came, about fifty more than we originally planned.

    • originally from

      原本來自……

      used to say where a person or thing first came from

      Her father is originally from a village in the mountains.

    • originally built

      原本建造是為了……

      describes what a building or structure was first made for

      The tower was originally built as a lighthouse.

    • originally due

      原本預定……

      used to say when something was first scheduled to happen

      The film was originally due to come out in December.

    意思相近

    at firstinitiallyat the beginning

    用法接近

    at the outsetto start withto begin with

    意思相反

    finallyeventuallyin the end

core核心畫面

Picture to the first version of something: the plan before it was changed, the town where someone started out. The word almost always sets up a contrast — this was how it began, and then something moved.

可以想成：把畫面倒帶回最初的那個版本——計畫還沒改之前的樣子、某人一開始住的地方。這個字幾乎都在鋪陳一個轉折：本來是這樣，後來變了。所以句子裡常常跟著 but 或 now，例如 It was originally a cinema, but now it is a bookshop。

同家族的字

意思相近

at firstinitiallyat the beginning

用法接近

at the outsetto start withto begin with

意思相反

finallyeventuallyin the end

原始詞典資料2 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。

originallyadv/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/

  • 1

    As it was in the beginning; at first.

    • Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age.
    • There are 36 known praenomina, though there may originally have been more.
  • 2

    In an original manner.

    • They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。