merrily
柯林斯詞典
1. ADV If you say that someone merrily does something, you are critical of the fact that they do it without realizing that there are a lot of problems which they have not thought about. 輕松地 (含有批評(píng)之意,指在做某事時(shí)沒有考慮到該事有許多問題)[ADV with v] [表不滿]
There they were, merrily describing their 16-hour working days while claiming to be happily married. 他們一邊輕松地描繪著他們16個(gè)小時(shí)的工作日,還一邊聲稱他們的婚姻幸福。
2. ADV If you say that something is happening merrily, you mean that it is happening fairly quickly, and in a pleasant or satisfactory way. 輕快地[ADV with v]
The ferry cut merrily through the water. 這只渡船輕快地劃開水面航行。
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merrily /?m?r?l?/
劍橋詞典
- showing happiness or enjoyment
歡快地,愉快地,快樂地;興高采烈地
Her eyes sparkled merrily. 她的眼睛里閃爍著快樂的光芒。
informal
without thinking about the result of what you are doing or about the problems it might cause
滿不在乎地,不計(jì)后果地
The factory has been merrily pumping chemical waste into the river for the past ten years . 過去10年里這家工廠一直在毫無顧忌地向河中排放化學(xué)廢物。 返回 merrily