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Word Specific Myopia People 英 Neɪmli] 美 Neɪmli Adv.即;也就是

英语单词 namely
英美音标 英 ['neɪmli] 美 ['neɪmli]
中文释义 adv.即;也就是
英语例句 (1) Labor has twoness, namely specific work and abstract work.
(2) Myopia can be divided kind, namely high myopia and common myopia.
(3) The railroad connects two cities, namely, New York and Chicago.
中文例句 (1) 劳动具有二重性,即具体劳动与抽象劳动。
(2) 近视可以分两种,即高度近视和普通近视。
(3) 铁路连接了两个城市,即纽约与芝加哥。
vocabulary简明 The word namely is a way of saying, "That is to say." After the word namely, you find out the specifics of something.
vocabulary扩展 We know people and things by their names. Maybe that's why the word namely is use to name the specific details of something that was previously said. You could say, "I have a new job: namely, as a teacher." Maybe you're afraid of an animal, namely, wolves. Namely means almost exactly the same thing as specifically and is followed by an example or examples. This word also works something like the colon, which also introduces information.
柯林斯解释
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[ADV 副词]即;那就是;也就是 You use namely to introduce detailed information about the subject you are discussing, or a particular aspect of it.
  [ADV n]
  • One group of people seems to be forgotten, namely pensioners...

    有一类人似乎被遗忘了,就是那些领养老金的人。

  • They were hardly aware of the challenge facing them, namely, to re-establish prosperity.

    他们几乎没有意识到自己面临的挑战,即再创繁荣。

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