喜樂美語
  1. 1rB1/ˈriːsəntli/最近

    not long before now, especially in the last few days, weeks, or months.

    not long before now不久之前，especially尤其是 in the last few days, weeks, or months在過去幾天、幾週或幾個月裡

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo recently joined the school swim team.

    逐字里歐最近加入了學校游泳隊。

    「recently」是英文裡最常見的「最近」，指從現在往前數的一小段時間，可能是幾天、幾週，甚至幾個月前。常跟過去式（I recently moved to Taipei）或現在完成式（I have recently started swimming）一起用；它涵蓋的時間範圍比 lately 稍寬，而 lately 更常搭配現在完成式，強調「到現在為止這段期間」的感覺。

    常見搭配

    • until recently

      直到最近之前（但現在不一樣了）

      used to say that something was true up to a short time before now, but not now

      Until recently, no one in town had a car.

    • as recently as

      就在最近的……（帶驚訝語氣）

      used to show that something happened surprisingly close to now

      As recently as ten years ago, this was just a small village.

    • very recently

      非常最近；才剛不久前

      only a short time before now

      "When did you move here?" "Very recently — just last week."

    • recently + past participle

      最近才（發生／完成）……

      used right before a past participle to say something happened not long ago

      This is a recently opened bakery near my house.

    意思相近

    latelyjustof late

    用法接近

    just nownot long agothe other daya short while ago

    意思相反

    long ago

core核心畫面

Picture yourself standing on 'now' and reaching backwards along a line of days. You do not reach far — just a short arm's length behind you, into the days or weeks you can still remember without effort. Whatever your hand touches in that short reach is what 'recently' points at. That short backward reach can be held as the picture inside the word: the event is finished and behind you, but it is still close enough that it feels connected to today. That is also why 'recently' sits so naturally with 'I have...' (I have recently moved) — the past thing is still touching the present.

可以想成你站在「現在」這一點上，往後伸手摸過去的日子。你不會伸太遠，就一個手臂的距離，摸到的是那些不用刻意回想就記得的幾天、幾週。手碰得到的那一段，就是 recently 指的範圍。這個「往後短短一伸」的動作，可以拿來當作這個字的畫面：事情已經結束、在你身後了，但近到還跟今天連著。也因為這樣，recently 特別常跟 I have... 一起出現（I have recently moved 我最近搬了家）——那件過去的事，手還牽著現在。

同家族的字

意思相近

latelyjustof late

用法接近

just nownot long agothe other daya short while ago

意思相反

long ago

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。

recentlyadv/ˈɹiːsənt.li/

  • 1

    In the recent past

    • My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.
    • The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
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    In the recent past

    • I haven't been sleeping well recently.
    • Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

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