Word · Frequency #26833
nastily
恶意地;刻薄地;讨厌地
in a nasty, ill-tempered manner
- 1.
In a nasty manner.
以恶劣的方式;卑鄙地
以恶劣的方式;卑鄙地;污秽地;不洁地;讨厌地
In use
The customer spoke nastily to the waiter about the cold soup.
She glared nastily at her brother when he took the last cookie.
Don't answer nastily just because you're tired.
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。
be + nastily + past participle
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。
Common mistakes
Don't talk so nasty to me.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。
The soup tasted nastily.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。
Connections
Collocations
- behave nastily
- 表现恶劣
- He behaved nastily toward his classmates.他对同学表现得很恶劣。
- speak nastily
- 刻薄地说
- She spoke nastily about her coworkers.她刻薄地谈论同事。
- treat someone nastily
- 刻薄地对待某人
- The manager treated the intern nastily.经理刻薄地对待实习生。
- react nastily
- 恶狠狠地回应
- He reacted nastily to the criticism.他对批评作出恶狠狠的回应。
- grin nastily
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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