Word · Frequency #11821
smartly
潇洒地;时髦地
in a stylish manner
- 1.
With a fine or fashionable appearance.
穿着得体地;时髦地。
- 2.
Quickly.
迅速地;敏捷地。
- 3.
Intelligently.
聪明地;机智地
穿着得体地;时髦地。;迅速地;敏捷地。;聪明地;机智地;潇洒地;火辣辣地
In use
She always dresses smartly for work.
He wore a smartly tailored suit to the wedding.
The receptionist greeted us smartly in her new uniform.
verb + smartly
smartly 作方式副词时通常紧跟在动词后,强调动作的方式。
She always dresses smartly for business meetings.
她参加商务会议时总是穿着潇洒得体。
smartly + past participle
smartly 可修饰过去分词,构成复合形容词,常放在名词前。
A smartly dressed man opened the door.
一个衣着时髦的男人开了门。
Common mistakes
He dresses very smart.He dresses very smartly.
dress 是行为动词,需要用副词 smartly 来修饰;smart 是形容词,不能修饰动词。中文“穿得很时髦”没有词性变化,所以容易误把形容词当副词用。
Connections
Collocations
- smartly dressed
- 衣着时髦的
- At the gala, everyone was smartly dressed.在晚会上,每个人都穿着时髦。
- dress smartly
- 穿着得体
- It is important to dress smartly for an interview.面试时穿着得体很重要。
- smartly tailored
- 剪裁利落的
- He wore a smartly tailored suit.他穿着一套剪裁利落的西装。
- smartly turned out
- 打扮讲究的
- The children were smartly turned out for the ceremony.孩子们为仪式打扮得整整齐齐。
Pop culture & quotes
- Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress smartly and they remember the woman.
- 穿得寒酸,他们记住的是衣服;穿得体面,他们记住的是女人。The receptionist was smartly dressed and greeted us with a smile.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
smart(时髦、聪明)加上-ly,就是“潇洒地”:想象一个人穿得smart,动作也smartly,又帅又利落。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:describing a person's dress or appearance、written descriptions of style 此处指‘潇洒地、时髦地’,多用于描述衣着或外表,常与dressed搭配。该用法在正式和日常语境中都较自然,语气偏中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
按所给音标,smartly 与 party、hearty、arty、smarty 押韵(/ɑːti/)。注意 partly 虽拼写相近(-rtly),但发音为 /ˈpɑːtli/,末尾是 /tli/ 而非 /ti/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.