Word · Frequency #15781
involuntarily
非自愿地;不自觉地
核心释义
against your will
- 1.
不自觉地;无意识地;不由自主地。
In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
不自觉地;无意识地;不由自主地。;不知不觉地;无意识地
用法In use
She involuntarily flinched when the door slammed shut.
用法提示:副词 involuntarily 修饰动词 flinched,表示动作出于本能、不受意志控制。
His eyes involuntarily moved toward the window during the long meeting.
用法提示:副词 involuntarily 说明目光移动是不自觉的。
I involuntarily laughed at the joke even though I was trying to stay serious.
用法提示:副词 involuntarily 表示笑声是不自觉的、不受意志控制的。
involuntarily + verb
将 involuntarily 放在动词前,强调动作并非出于本意。
He involuntarily flinched at the sudden noise.
听到突然的响声,他不自觉地退缩了一下。
verb + involuntarily
动词后置的 involuntarily 常见于描述不由自主的身体反应。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- involuntarily unemployed
- 非自愿失业的
- He found himself involuntarily unemployed after the company downsized.公司裁员后,他发现自己非自愿失业了。
- involuntarily retired
- 被迫退休的
- He was involuntarily retired at the age of 58.他在58岁时被迫退休。
- involuntarily committed
- 被强制入院的
- She was involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.她被强制送进了一家精神卫生机构。
- involuntarily shudder
- 不由自主地颤抖
- I involuntarily shudder every time I think about that accident.每次想到那场事故,我都会不由自主地颤抖。
- involuntarily flinch
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
“in”表示否定,“volunt”像voluntary(自愿),再加副词尾巴“arily”→“非自愿地、不知不觉地”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、literary narration、reports of physical or emotional reactions 这个词多用于正式书面语和文学描写,比较常见于描述身体或情感上的不自主反应,或表示“并非出于本意”。在日常口语中,人们通常会说 without meaning to 或 unwillingly。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些副词都由 -ary 结尾的形容词加 -ly 构成,拼写上 y 变 i(如 voluntary → voluntarily)。但读音不能按拼写类推:involuntarily 重音在 -vol-(inˈvɒləntərili),而 voluntarily 的一个常见读音重音在 -tar-(/ˌvɒlənˈtɛərəli/),necessarily 重音在 -ser-,temporarily、primarily、momentarily 多在前部,extraordinarily 重音在 -strɔː-,因此它们并不都与目标词完全押韵;只是共享末尾非重读的 /(ə)li/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.