Word · Frequency #21409
inordinately
过度地;过分地;无节制地
核心释义
to an excessive or unreasonable degree
- 1.
以无度(过度)的方式。
In an inordinate manner.
以无度(过度)的方式。;紊乱地;不规则地;无限制地;过分地
用法In use
He spent an inordinately long time on the first question.
用法提示:副词“inordinately”修饰形容词“long”,强调时间“过度地长”。
The price of the apartment was inordinately high for the area.
用法提示:副词“inordinately”修饰形容词“high”,强调价格“过分地高”。
The instructions were inordinately complicated, causing confusion.
用法提示:副词“inordinately”修饰形容词“complicated”,表示“过度地复杂”。
inordinately + adj
inordinately 是正式用词,置于形容词前,表示“超过合理程度”。
The issue is inordinately complex.
这个问题过分复杂。
inordinately + adv
修饰副词时也放在其前,强调程度超出常理;口语中更常说 too。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- inordinately proud
- 过分骄傲的
- She was inordinately proud of her son's achievements.她为儿子的成就感到过分骄傲。
- inordinately fond
- 过分喜爱的
- He is inordinately fond of chocolate.他过分喜爱巧克力。
- inordinately high
- 高得过分;过高的
- Prices in the city are inordinately high.这座城市的物价高得过分。
- inordinately long
- 长得过分;过长的
- The meeting lasted an inordinately long time.会议持续了过长的时间。
- inordinately expensive
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记作 in(不)+ ordinate(秩序):不守秩序、超越常态,就是 inordinately ‘过度地’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:正式写作、学术论述 该词多用于正式或书面语境,表示“过度地、过分地”。日常口语中通常更常用 excessively 或 too。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词均含 -ately 拼写。inordinately /ɪnˈɔːrdɪnətli/ 中的 -ately 读 /ətli/;fortunately、immediately、separately、ultimately、deliberately 的 -ately 也读 /ətli/,可作发音参照。注意 lately 是形似词:拼写以 -ately 结尾,但读 /ˈleɪtli/,不是 /ətli/。
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