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Intimately

“Intimately” 是一个副词。它有两个主要意思:一是以一种非常亲密、私人或充满爱意的方式;二是描述对某事有极其详尽、深入和透彻的了解。

  1. “The couple sat on the bench, talking intimately about their future.” (那对夫妇坐在长椅上,亲密地谈论着他们的未来。)
  2. “As a local guide, he knew the history of the city intimately.” (作为当地向导,他对这座城市的历史了如指掌。)
  3. “These two issues are intimately connected and cannot be solved separately.” (这两个问题密切相关,无法分开解决。)

源于17世纪,由 intimate(亲密的)+ -ly(副词后缀)组成。最终词源参考 intimacy

  • 词根: intim (最深处的)
  • 后缀: -ate (形容词后缀) + -ly (副词后缀)

当说某人 “knows something intimately” 时,通常暗示这种知识不仅仅是学习得来的,更是通过长期的体验、接触或生活经验积累而成的。

  • 固定搭配: “intimately acquainted” (非常熟悉), “connected intimately” (紧密相连)。
  • 相关形式: intimate (形容词/动词/名词), intimacy (名词)。

intimate (亲密的/深入的) + ly (地)。想象你和某件事物或人“深入”接触到了最里层。

Having lived in the small mountain village for over sixty years, the old man knew every tree and stream in the valley intimately. He could even tell which season it was just by smelling the air in the early morning. (在这个山村生活了六十多年,这位老人对山谷里的每一棵树、每一条溪流都了如指掌。他甚至只需闻一闻清晨的空气,就能分辨出那是哪个季节。)