- 1(唱、吹、彈得)旋律優美地、很好聽地。是 tuneful 的副詞,用來形容「怎麼唱」而不是形容那首歌。中文一句「她唱得很好聽」就到位了;英文寫成 tunefully 帶點文學味,平常講話會直接說 sang beautifully 或 sang well。
Tunefully is the adverb from . It tells you HOW someone sang, played, whistled or hummed: in a way that sounded pleasant, with a clear and agreeable melody.
Tunefully是 the adverb from是…的副詞 tuneful(tuneful)。It tells you HOW它告訴你 someone sang, played, whistled or hummed某人唱歌、演奏、吹口哨或哼歌的方式:in a way that sounded pleasant是聽起來悔耳的方式,with a clear and agreeable melody旋律清楚又好聽。
Because it is an adverb, it goes with a verb, not with a noun — "she sang tunefully", not "a tunefully song". That is the whole difference between this word and , and it is the thing students mix up most.
Because it is an adverb因為它是副詞,it goes with a verb它要搭配動詞,not with a noun不搭配名詞——"she sang tunefully"像 "she sang tunefully",not "a tunefully song"而不是 "a tunefully song"。That is the whole grammatical difference這就是全部的文法差異 between this word and tuneful在這個字跟 tuneful 之間,and it is the thing students mix up most也是學生最常搞混的地方。
Where you actually meet it: describing a person singing or playing, in writing rather than in speech. "He whistled tunefully as he worked." "The children sang tunefully enough, considering they had only twice." It often appears with a small qualifier like that — quite tunefully, tunefully enough — because it is the kind of moderate praise that likes a little hedging next to it.
Where you actually meet it你實際上會在哪裡遇到它:describing a person singing or playing用來形容一個人唱歌或演奏,in writing rather than in speech多半出現在寫作而不是口語裡。"He whistled tunefully as he worked."像「他一邊工作一邊吹著悔耳的口哨」 "The children sang tunefully enough, considering they had only practised twice."或「孩子們考慮到只練過兩次,唱得算是很悔耳了」。It often appears with a small qualifier like that它常常搭配一個小小的限定詞——quite tunefully像 quite tunefully、tunefully enough或 tunefully enough——because it is the kind of moderate praise因為這是一種適度的稱讚,that likes a little hedging next to it喜歡旁邊帶點保留。
Like , it feels literary and a bit old-fashioned; you will find it in a novel or a review much more often than in a conversation. In everyday speech, people simply say "she sang beautifully" or "he sang well".
Like tuneful跟 tuneful 一樣,it feels literary and a bit old-fashioned它給人文學、有點過時的感覺;you will find it in a novel or a review你會在小說或書評裡看到它,much more often than in a conversation比在對話裡常見得多。In everyday speech在日常口語裡,people simply say人們就直接說 "she sang beautifully"「她唱得很好聽」 or "he sang well"或「他唱得很好」。
The natural opposite is .
The natural opposite自然的反義詞 is tunelessly是 tunelessly。
core核心畫面
組成tuneful (pleasant to listen to) + -ly (the ending that turns an adjective into an adverb). Underneath that: tune + -ful + -ly. The -ly suffix is the same one in quickly, quietly, carefully.
同家族的字
- tunefulthe adjective this comes from — tunefully is just tuneful plus the adverb ending -ly
- tunelesslythe opposite, built the same way: tune + -less + -ly
- quietlyshares the adverb ending -ly, which answers the question 'how?'
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。
tunefullyadv
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In a tuneful manner.
- They sang very tunefully, too, for the girls had fresh voices and true ears.
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