surely
adv. 無疑; 一定,確實; (回答)當然,好; 保管
You use surely to emphasize that you think something should be true, and you would be surprised if it was not true.
You're an intelligent woman, surely you realize by now that I'm helping you...
你是個聰明的女人,想必你現在明白了我是在幫你。
You surely haven't forgotten Dr Walters?...
你想必還沒有忘記沃爾特斯醫生吧?
If something will surely happen or is surely the case, it will definitely happen or is definitely the case.
He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die...
他知道他必定會死在外科醫生刀下。
He is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt or any other first-rate portrait painter is one.
他無疑是一名畫家,就如同倫勃朗或任何其他一流的肖像畫家一樣。
If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.
Slowly but surely she started to fall in love with him...
雖然過程緩慢,但她無疑開始愛上他了。
He's recovering, slowly but surely.
他的身體恢復緩慢,但確實是在恢復。
1. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');
certainly, naturally, of course, surely
這些副詞或片語均有"肯定地,當然"之意。
slowly but surely
緩慢但紮實地;雖慢但一準
Surely we'll profit from your work.
我們肯定會從你的工作中得到益處.
These efforts will surely bring forth good fruit.
這些努力必將產生良好的結果.
He made his way up the mountain slowly but surely.
他上山慢,但很穩當.
It can not be true, surely.
那決不至於是真的.
Attitudes to women at work are changing slowly but surely.
對於職業婦女的態度正在慢慢發生變化.
adv. 不可避免地,不可改變地
unavoidablyunalterablyinescapablyinevitably
adv. 堅定地,不含糊地,鎮定地
unhesitatinglydeterminedlyunwaveringlyfirmlyunfalteringlyunswervinglyconfidently
adv. 無疑地,肯定地,當然地
undoubtedlyunequivocallybeyondabsolutelyassuredlydoubtlesslydoubtlessshadowdecidedlyindubitablydefinitelydoubtcertainlyunquestionablypositivelyaof
adv. 是,當然,一定
courseallOKtobeyessurecertainlyofbymeans
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