喜樂美語
  1. 1rB1/ˈpɑːrtli/部分地；一部分

    to some degree or in some ways, but not completely.

    示範例句 · Example

    The story he told us was only partly true.

    逐字他告訴我們的故事只有部分是真的。

    「partly」用來說一件事只有「一部分」是這樣，不是全部，也可以想成從 part（部分）長出來的字——一件事不是全對也不是全錯，而是「有一部分是」。它常跟 because of、due to 一起用，說明「其中一個原因」，也可以連續用兩次（partly...and partly...），表示一件事同時由兩個部分組成。

    常見搭配

    • partly responsible for

      對…負有部分責任

      having some but not all of the blame or credit for something

      The poor weather was partly responsible for the crash.

    • partly due to

      部分是由於

      caused in some degree by something

      The company's problems are partly due to bad management.

    • partly because of

      部分是因為

      for one reason among others

      It is partly because of her sick mother that she hasn't taken the job abroad.

    • only partly true

      只有部分是真的

      true in some ways but not completely accurate

      What he told us was only partly true.

    意思相近

    partiallysomewhatin part

core核心畫面

Picture a glass filled a little way up: the statement is true as far as that line and no further. The word marks how much of a thing holds — enough to say yes, not enough to say yes to all of it.

可以想成：一個杯子只裝到某個高度——這句話到那條線為止是成立的，再上去就不算了。這個字的作用就是標出「成立到什麼程度」：夠讓你說「是」，但不足以說「全部都是」。

同家族的字

意思相近

partiallysomewhatin part

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。

partlyadv/ˈpɑɹtli/

  • 1

    In part, or to some degree, but not completely.

    • They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter.
    • The car was partly visible in the garage.

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