The adverb of 'sorrowful': in a way that shows deep sadness. It tells you HOW someone does something — she shook her head sorrowfully, he sighed sorrowfully, they walked sorrowfully away.

The adverb of 'sorrowful''sorrowful'的副詞: in a way就是用一種 that shows deep sadness的方式顯出深深的哀傷. It它 tells you HOW someone does something告訴你某人是「怎麼」做某件事的——she shook her head sorrowfully她sorrowfully地搖頭, he sighed sorrowfully他sorrowfully地嘆氣, they walked sorrowfully away他們sorrowfully地走開.

Notice that almost all its common partners are small visible actions: shaking the head, sighing, smiling, looking, nodding, speaking. That is the heart of the word. It is not really about the feeling inside; it is about the sadness being visible in the way the action is done.

Notice that請注意 almost all its common partners幾乎所有常搭配的字 are small visible actions都是看得見的小動作: shaking the head搖頭, sighing嘆氣, smiling微笑, looking看, nodding點頭, speaking說話. That這 is the heart of the word就是這個字的核心. It它 is not really about the feeling inside並不真的是在講內心的感受; it而是在講 is about the sadness being visible悲傷有沒有顯露出來 in the way the action is done在動作被做出來的方式裡.

Like the adjective, it belongs to written English — stories, reports, translations of old texts.

Like the adjective就像形容詞一樣, it它 belongs to written English屬於書面英文——stories故事, reports報導, translations of old texts舊文本的翻譯.

In everyday speech people say 'sadly', or just describe what happened: 'she looked really upset and shook her head.' One useful difference: 'sadly' has a second job that 'sorrowfully' does not have. 'Sadly, the shop closed' means 'it is sad that the shop closed' — the writer is commenting on the whole sentence.

In everyday speech在日常口語裡, people say人們會說 'sadly', or或者 just describe what happened只是描述發生了什麼: 'she looked really upset and shook her head.'「她看起來很難過，搖了搖頭。」 One useful difference一個值得注意的差別: 'sadly' has a second job'sadly'還有第二個功能 that 'sorrowfully' does not have是'sorrowfully'沒有的. 'Sadly, the shop closed''Sadly, the shop closed' means意思是 'it is sad that the shop closed'「這家店關了，這件事很令人遺憾」——the writer作者 is commenting on the whole sentence是在對整句話下評論.

'Sorrowfully' can almost never do that; it stays attached to the person doing the action. So 'Sorrowfully, the shop closed' sounds wrong, while 'He locked the door sorrowfully' is fine.

'Sorrowfully' 'Sorrowfully' can almost never do that幾乎不能這樣用; it它 stays attached to the person doing the action只能依附在做動作的那個人身上. So所以 'Sorrowfully, the shop closed'「Sorrowfully, the shop closed」 sounds wrong聽起來就怪怪的, while而 'He locked the door sorrowfully'「He locked the door sorrowfully」 is fine就沒問題.