thusly

英语

词源

thus +‎ -ly，可追溯回19世纪，可能是教育水平高的写作家为了嘲讽假装斯文但没文化的人而造的词，^[1]主要是嘲讽认为thus并非副词的错误观念。

发音

• (通用美式，標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈðʌs.li/

• （英国）音频：

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副词

thusly (無比較級)

1. (官方不推荐) 这样，由此，从而

   近義詞：thus

   • 1865，Hingston (ed.)，Artemus Ward (His Travels) Among the Mormons:

     Ar, tell me it is not so thusly as this thusness wouldst seem!

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1866, Petroleum V. Nasby, Life of Androo Johnson

     His course can only be akkounted for thusly:

   • 1866, Harper's Magazine,

     He had an attack of catarrh not long ago, and it happened, as J. Billings would say, "thusly:"

   • 1893，Isabel Burton，The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton KCMG, FRGS，卷 II:

     Stories never lose anything in the recital, and consequently this one grew thusly.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1995 December, John P. Wiley Jr, quoting Edward R. Harrison, Smithsonian Magazine:

     The history of the Universe has been summed up thusly: "Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people."

   • 1996，Charles Harding，High Rise Dwelling‎^[1]:

     Going thusly, unwillingly at the bell,

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

     Answering the call to recycle my time.

用法说明

虽然thusly已经渗透到了大众使用中，但一些人可能会认为这是错误用词。其可以使用thus、this way等词代替。^[1]其起源于美国东部，且相比英式英语，在美式英语中更加常见，其“常用来取乐或表达讽刺反语”（“often used for amusement or to make an ironic point”）^[2]