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Easily Starts Climb Adv Graded 副词 V 英 Iːzəli] 美

英语单词 easily
英美音标 英 ['iːzəli] 美 ['iːzəli]
中文释义 adv.容易地;无疑地;很可能地
英语例句 (1) We easily climbed down the side of the cliff.
(2) This is easily recognized from its size and color.
中文例句 (1) 我们很容易地从悬崖边上爬下来了。
(2) 这种蚁可以很容易地通过其体积和颜色辨识出来。
vocabulary简明 Things that happen easily don't require a lot of effort. When your old car starts easily on a very cold morning, you'll breathe a sigh of relief.
vocabulary扩展 While you can only climb a mountain with difficulty, you can probably climb the stairs in your house easily. You can also use this adverb to mean something closer to "quickly," as when you describe your puppy as easily distracted with treats or yourself as easily bored by long books. The Old French root of easily is aisie, "comfortable" or "at ease."
柯林斯解释
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[ADV-GRADED 副词]很可能;多半 You use easily to emphasize that something is very likely to happen, or is very likely to be true.
  [usu ADV before v]
  [emphasis]
  • It could easily be another year before the economy starts to show some improvement.

    很可能还要再等一年经济才会开始出现好转。

  • ...an ancient barn that is easily the length of two tennis courts.

    很可能有两个网球场那么长的一个古代畜棚

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[ADV-GRADED 副词]迅速地;频繁地 You use easily to say that something happens more quickly or more often than is usual or normal.
  [ADV after v]
  • He had always cried very easily...

    他总是动不动就哭鼻子。

  • They have nightmares, they startle easily.

    他们做噩梦,经常从梦中惊醒。

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