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分析词义- "Decidedly" 是一个副词,用来表示明显地、确定地、坚决地。例如:“He was decidedly against the proposal.”(他坚决反对这个提案。)
列举例句- "The weather today is decidedly cooler than yesterday."(今天的天气明显比昨天凉。)
- "Your opinion is decidedly different from mine."(你的观点和我明显有别。)
- "He is decidedly the most hardworking student in class."(他无疑是班上最努力的学生。)
词根分析- "Decidedly"来源于形容词 "decided",表示“明确的,确定的”,加上后缀 -ly 表示副词。
词缀分析- "Decidedly" 的前缀是 de-, 表示强调;词根是 -cid-, 源自拉丁词意为“切割,决定”,后缀是 -edly, 表示副词;
- 其他同样使用de-和-edly的词缀的单词有: "definitely", "deliberately" 等。
发展历史和文化背景- "Decidedly"源自中世纪的拉丁语decidere,字面上意为“切割”, metaphorically used as "to decide, determine," literally "to cut off,"。这个词在英语中开始流行是在18世纪。
单词变形- "Decidedly"本身就是副词形式,对应的形容词形式是"decided"。
- "Decide"则是其原型动词,是一个规则动词,过去式和过去分词都为"decided"。
记忆辅助- 可想象成"决定地","有决心地"以此来记忆
- 还可以联想一些词根词缀相似的词汇一起记忆,如"decide"、“determine” 等。
小故事- Jim walked into the restaurant, decidedly confident, ready to profess his love to Mary.
- 吉姆大步走进餐厅,充满决心,准备向玛丽表白。
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