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■ momentarily这个副词有三个不同的意义。第一个是(美国英语用法)“从现在算起很快就要(发生某事)”,同表示瞬时动态的第四类动词连用。 - We will arrive momentarily in Chicago.我们马上就要抵达芝加哥了。
- The manager is on another line, but he'll be with you momentarily.经理在打另外一个电话,但很快就会来同您谈的(这里的 be with 有 come to talk with 的瞬间动作意义)。
- Momentarily he had finished his work. (E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Vanished Messenger)他很快就干完了他的工作。
这个用法,有许多人认为不正确。第二个意义是“(某过程)只延续很短促的时段”,同延续状态或动作的动词(第一或第二类)连用。 - "Oh, nothing at all, my dear," replied the countess, a slight flush momentarily coloring her already pink cheek. (Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan)“啊,亲爱的,没事,”伯爵夫人回答说,她那本来已经绯红的脸颊又冒出了一阵短暂的红晕。
第三个意义是“逐渐”,同第二类动词连用。 - The brilliant light increased momentarily in beauty.灿烂的亮光越来越显得美丽。
- A small minority, mainly strangers, would look long at her in casually passing by, and grow momentarily fascinated by her freshness, and wonder if they would ever see her again: but to almost everybody she was a fine and picturesque country girl, and no more. (Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles—A Pure Woman)有少数人,主要是一些陌生人,偶尔经过时久久注视着她,对她的娇嫩越来越入迷,不知道会不会再见着她;不过,对他们几乎所有人来说,她就是一个美丽如画的村姑,仅此而已。
另外要注意的是:词典上这个副词重音落在第一个音节,但是在美国常常落在 -ta- 上。许多以 -ary 结尾的形容词,加上 ly 变为副词,发音都有这个变化。 目录 |