每日一词之thankfully

  1. 这是个什么词?

词:thankfully

英英释义:used to say that you are glad that something has happened, especially because a difficult situation has ended or been avoided

例句:Thankfully, everything went smoothly.

  1. 为什么选这个词?

“thankfully”是副词,意思是“幸亏、幸运的是、令人欣慰的是”。注意,虽然从字面上看, thankfully 等同于 gratefully,但这种用法是有争议的。thankfully 最常见的的意思更接近 luckily 和 fortunately,即“幸运的是、谢天谢地”。这个词很好用,也是很多学习者想不起来会用的一个词。我们来通过几个例句掌握。

我们在举办活动时经常会有这样那样的担心,但如果过程很顺利,我们事后就可以说:

Thankfully, everything went smoothly. (这里的 Thankfully 也可以换成 Fortunately)

有一次我乘坐飞机迟到了,但幸运的是航班晚点了,所以最后还是赶上了飞机。就可以说:

Once I was late for my flight. Thankfully, the flight got delayed, and I was able to board it eventually.
场景:曾经跟客户约谈,因为交通堵塞迟到了。但是幸运的是,客户也没有准时到。
造句:Once I was late for the appointment with my customers for the heavy traffic.Thankfully, they were not punctual, too.
《经济学人》一篇关于政府如何更好地治理垃圾的文章中有这么一句:

Thankfully, rubbish is one environmental issue where there is little need to worry about political incentives.

这句话的言外之意是,政府在解决一些问题的时候,人们会质疑它的动机。

  1. 怎样学会使用这个词?

1)翻译下面的句子:

还好,我们在推出产品之前及时发现了一个瑕疵,并马上解决了问题。

(参考翻译:Thankfully, we spotted a product defect in time and fixed it before the launch.
场景:曾经跟客户约谈,因为交通堵塞迟到了。但是幸运的是,客户也没有准时到。
造句:Once I was late for the appointment with my customers for the heavy traffic.Thankfully, they were not punctual, either.

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