verb + nastily
nastily 是方式副词,常修饰 speak、answer、treat 等表示言语或对待方式的动词。
He answered nastily when asked about his plans.
当被问及他的计划时,他回答得很刻薄。
恶意地;刻薄地;讨厌地
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
恶意地;刻薄地;讨厌地
in a nasty, ill-tempered manner
He answered nastily when asked about his plans.
当被问及他的计划时,他回答得很刻薄。
以恶劣的方式;卑鄙地
In a nasty manner.
The customer spoke nastily to the waiter about the cold soup.
那位顾客因为汤凉了,恶狠狠地跟服务员说话。
She glared nastily at her brother when he took the last cookie.
当弟弟拿走最后一块饼干时,她恶狠狠地瞪了他一眼。
Don't answer nastily just because you're tired.
别因为累了就恶声恶气地答话。
nastily 是方式副词,常修饰 speak、answer、treat 等表示言语或对待方式的动词。
He answered nastily when asked about his plans.
当被问及他的计划时,他回答得很刻薄。
在被动结构中,nastily 放在 be 与过去分词之间,强调动作带有恶意。
She was nastily mocked by her classmates.
她被同学们恶意地嘲笑了。
Not this
Don't talk so nasty to me.
Use this
Don't talk so nastily to me.
这里需要用副词修饰动作 talk,说明说话的方式;nasty 是形容词,不能作方式状语。汉语中形容词常直接兼作副词,容易产生“动词 + 形容词”的迁移,改为 nastily 才符合英语的副词用法。
Not this
The soup tasted nastily.
Use this
The soup tasted nasty.
taste 在这里是感官系动词,后接形容词作表语,描述主语 soup 的性质;副词 nastily 不能作系动词的表语。汉语“尝起来很糟”没有词形变化,所以需用形容词 nasty。
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表现恶劣
He behaved nastily toward his classmates.
他对同学表现得很恶劣。
刻薄地说
She spoke nastily about her coworkers.
她刻薄地谈论同事。
刻薄地对待某人
The manager treated the intern nastily.
经理刻薄地对待实习生。
恶狠狠地回应
He reacted nastily to the criticism.
他对批评作出恶狠狠的回应。
不怀好意地咧嘴笑
The villain grinned nastily at his captive.
那个恶棍不怀好意地朝俘虏咧嘴笑。
“胡萝卜!胡萝卜!”吉尔伯特恶狠狠地说。
She was surprised by how nastily he had spoken to her.
她很惊讶他居然用那么恶毒的语气对她说话。
Use nastily naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由 nasty + 副词后缀 -ly 组成,想象“那个人 nasty(讨厌)地瞪我”,就是“讨厌地、刻薄地”。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常对话、书面叙述 该词意为“恶意地;刻薄地”,通常用于描述某人言行令人不悦,多出现在日常对话和一般书面叙述中,语气直白,带有负面评价色彩。
没有常用词与 nastily /ˈnɑːstɪli/ 完全押韵。hastily /ˈheɪstɪli/ 拼写最像(都以 -stily 结尾),但重读元音不同,不押韵;ghastly /ˈɡɑːstli/ 和 vastly /ˈvɑːstli/ 的重读元音与 nastily 相同(/ɑː/),但结尾是 /stli/,缺少 /ɪ/ 音节,也不押韵。其余 -ily 结尾的词仅拼写相似,读音各异。
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