definitely

英语

词源

definite +‎ -ly。

发音

• (英国、美国) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈdɛf.ɪnɪt.li/, /ˈdɛf.ənɪt.li/, /ˈdɛf.nɪt.li/

• 音频 (美国)

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副词

definitely (比较级 more definitely, 最高级 most definitely)

1. 肯定地

   Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.

   佐伊肯定不知道怎样开拖拉机。

   She said she wasn't coming, definitely.

   她说她绝对绝对不会来。

2. 明确地，决定地
   • 1912, Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record Chapter IV

     It was really impossible on board that ship to get away definitely from Almayer

   • 1916, Claud Field (translator), Nikolai Gogol, The Nose, (1836)

     And the Nose definitely turned away.

   • 2003, Herbert Mitgang, Once Upon a Time in New York (page 187)

     And these Elders were men of good standing in that community, and they swore definitely before the counsel that this lady committed this impropriety, and there was nobody to gainsay that, except the lady herself, […]

参见

• definitively
• absolutely