| 释义 |
essentiallyad. 1. in one’s essential nature,by nature,really在（一个人的）本性上，从本性上说，真正地。
essentially mad: mad by nature. really mad在本性上就疯，真疯。
△1H. IV. 2. 4. 548 (492): “Thou art essen-tially mad without seeming so.”你在本性上就疯，虽然表面上不像。(按： essentially mad另本作essentially made =genuinely made,gold by nature，意谓哈尔是货真价实的地地道道王子。)
2. by nature从本性上说。
△2H.VI. 5. 2. 38: “nor hethat loves himself / Hath not essentially but bycircumstance / The name of valour.”相反，一个爱惜自己的人从本性上说也不会勇敢，除非由于偶然事件博得了勇者之名。 |