Word · Frequency #8526
bully
极好的；出色的
very good; excellent
- 1.
very good
极好的
极好的；特好的；第一流的
In use
He gave a bully performance in the play last night.
We had a bully time at the amusement park.
That's a bully idea to solve the problem.
bully for sb
固定表达，用于回应别人的好消息；有时也可能带讽刺语气。
You got the job? Bully for you!
你得到那份工作啦？真棒！
Common mistakes
This restaurant is a bully.This restaurant is bully.
bully 在本义中是形容词，意为“极好的”，作表语时直接用原形，不加 a，也不能把它当名词。
He is a bully person.He is a bully.
形容词 bully 表示“极好的”，而不是“爱欺负人的”；要表达“爱欺负人的人”应把 bully 用作名词（a bully），不能把它当形容词修饰 person。
Connections
Collocations
- bully for you
- 好极了；干得好（常含讽刺意味）
- You finished the whole pizza? Bully for you!你把整个披萨都吃完了？真了不起！
- bully pulpit
- （总统等要职带来的）绝佳讲坛；舆论阵地
- The presidency is often described as a bully pulpit.总统职位常被描述为一个绝佳的讲坛。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bully for you
- 真行啊（多含讽刺）You won the argument? Bully for you.你争赢了？真行啊。
- bully pulpit
- （领导人倡导主张的）强势讲坛The president used the bully pulpit to promote the reform.总统利用这一强势讲坛来推动改革。
Pop culture & quotes
- I have a bully pulpit.
- 我有一座天字第一号讲坛。Theodore Roosevelt used this line to describe the U.S. presidency as an unmatched platform for advancing his agenda. Here 'bully' is old American slang for 'excellent', and the phrase has become the standard term for a public figure's powerful platform.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 bully 拆成 bull（公牛）+ y，公牛强壮有力，联想为“极好的、出色的”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：旧时口语、非正式对话 该义项属旧时非正式用法，现代英语中多用于模仿旧时口语或固定习语（如 bully for you），日常交流中比较少见。
Grammar Note
作为形容词时意为'极好的，第一流的'，多用于口语，如'bully for you'（好极了）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words fully, woolly, and pulley rhyme with bully, all ending in the /ʊli/ sound. Be careful: sully, gully, and dully look similar because they also end in -ully, but their vowel is /ʌ/, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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