beautifully

beautifully — 副詞

1. with a look, sound, or style that gives strong pleasure because it is lovely.

1.副詞B1
釋義

優美；動人

外觀、聲音或風格很美

with a look, sound, or style that gives strong pleasure because it is lovely.

例句

Mina sang beautifully during the school concert in April.

Mina 在四月的校園音樂會上唱得非常動人。

sing beautifully

The old church was beautifully lit for the evening wedding.

那座老教堂為晚上的婚禮打上了很美的燈光。

passive: be beautifully lit

同義詞
  • attractively

    broad and neutral; often used for appearance rather than sound

  • gracefully

    stresses smooth, elegant movement more than general beauty

  • elegantly

    often suggests simple good taste and careful style

  • exquisitely

    stronger and more literary, for exceptional beauty

反義詞
  • unattractively

    describes something lacking visual or artistic appeal

  • awkwardly

    suggests a clumsy or uncomfortable style rather than beauty

文法句型

sing beautifully

write beautifully

be beautifully arranged

be beautifully lit

用法筆記

Common with art, music, writing, rooms, and objects that are arranged or shown in an attractive way. Distinguish from adverb/2: this sense points to beauty itself, not mainly to how well something works out.

常見錯誤

❌Mina sang beautiful at the concert.
✅Mina sang beautifully at the concert.
💡after a verb, use the adverb beautifully, not the adjective beautiful.
❌The room was beautiful decorated for the party.
✅The room was beautifully decorated for the party.
💡use beautifully before a past participle in passive descriptions.

2. with excellent results, or with a pleasing effect that feels especially satisfyi

2.副詞B1
釋義

出色；極好

表現極好，或令人很舒心

with excellent results, or with a pleasing effect that feels especially satisfying.

例句

The new brakes worked beautifully on the wet mountain road.

新煞車在濕滑的山路上表現得極好。

work beautifully

After two hours in the oven, the bread rose beautifully.

在烤箱裡烤了兩小時後，麵包發得很漂亮。

cook or bake beautifully

同義詞
  • excellently

    focuses on very high quality or performance

  • wonderfully

    adds a warm emotional tone of pleasure

  • smoothly

    stresses ease and lack of problems rather than pleasure

  • nicely

    more everyday and weaker in force

反義詞
  • badly

    the broad opposite when something performs or turns out poorly

  • poorly

    slightly more formal than badly for weak results

文法句型

work beautifully

cook beautifully

go beautifully with

mix beautifully with

用法筆記

Often used when something functions, develops, or fits together better than expected: work beautifully, cook beautifully, behave beautifully, go beautifully with something. Distinguish from adverb/1 when the focus is success or a pleasing result rather than beauty in appearance or sound.

常見錯誤

❌The plan worked beautiful in the end.
✅The plan worked beautifully in the end.
💡after worked, use the adverb form.
❌This yellow scarf matches beautifully to the coat.
✅This yellow scarf goes beautifully with the coat.
💡this sense commonly uses go beautifully with for things that look good together.