| 英语单词 | expressly |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪk'spresli] 美 [ɪk'spresli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.清楚地;特意地;专门地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I expressly told him I wouldn't go. (2) I told you expressly to lock the door. (3) You were expressly told not to touch my papers. (4) The rule was introduced expressly for this purpose. (5) This ship was designed expressly for exploring the Arctic waters. (6) Icame expressly to bring it to you. (7) We came here expressly to see the sunrise. (8) It is an article written expressly for the paper. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我清楚地告诉他,我不愿去。 (2) 我明白地对你说过要锁上门。 (3) 已经明确地告诉过你不要动我的文件。 (4) 这项规则是为此特意提出的。 (5) 这艘船是为考察北极水域而特意设计的。 (6) 我是专门来给你送东西的。 (7) 我们到这里来就是为了看日出。 (8) 这是专门为该报而撰写的文章。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something done expressly is done only for a very specific reason or purpose. Growing up, your grandparents' formal living room might have been used expressly for adult parties. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A politician running for office might use campaign donations expressly for buying television ads, and a middle school student might use her school laptop expressly for chatting with her friends and posting photos online. In both cases, there is one very specific intention. The earliest, fourteenth century meaning of expressly was "in detail" or "plainly." By 1600, it came to mean "for the express purpose," from the Latin expressus, "clearly presented." |
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