nice
nice — 形容詞
1. Giving you a good feeling when you see it, hear it, do it, or experience it.
不錯的；愉快
讓人感到愉快或滿意的
Giving you a good feeling when you see it, hear it, do it, or experience it.
We had a nice lunch at the little café near the river.
我們在河邊的小咖啡館吃了一頓不錯的午餐。
The weather was sunny and nice, so Soraya walked to the office.
天氣晴朗又舒適，所以 Soraya 步行去上班。
That is a really nice coat, Dewi — where did you find it?
Dewi，那件外套真的很不錯——你在哪裡找到的？
Seeing Christopher again after so many years was really nice.
隔了這麼多年再次見到 Christopher，真的很愉快。
The Watanabe family spent a nice evening cooking together.
渡邊一家一起做飯，度過了一個愉快的夜晚。
- unpleasant
the direct opposite, describing things that give a bad feeling
文法句型
it + be + nice + to-infinitive
nice + noun
常見錯誤
2. Used before a positive adjective to make it stronger, giving the feeling that th
挺…的；很…
用於強調正面特質
Used before a positive adjective to make it stronger, giving the feeling that the quality is exactly as you want it.
The soup is nice and hot — just what I needed on a cold day.
這湯熱騰騰的，真好——冷天裡我最需要這個了。
nice and + adjective pattern
Caio folded the towels nice and neatly, stacking them in the cupboard.
Caio 把毛巾疊得整整齊齊的，放進了櫃子裡。
The path through the forest was nice and shady, so the morning walk felt easy.
森林裡的小路又涼爽又舒適，所以早上的散步走得很輕鬆。
Rania always kept her desk nice and tidy, with everything in its proper place.
Rania 的書桌總是乾乾淨淨的，每樣東西都放得整整齊齊。
Bake the bread until it is nice and brown and the crust turns crisp.
把麵包烤到金黃酥脆，外皮就會變脆。
- pleasantly
an adverb, not a structure; used differently in a sentence
- comfortably
similar intensifying idea but used as an adverb, not in the 'nice and' pattern
文法句型
nice and + adjective
用法筆記
Only used with positive, welcome qualities such as warm, clean, quiet, and tidy. Cannot combine with negative adjectives like 'cold' (when cold is unwelcome), 'dirty', or 'noisy'.
常見錯誤
3. Friendly, helpful, or showing care toward other people.
友善的；親切
對他人友善或體貼的
Friendly, helpful, or showing care toward other people.
The nurse was very nice to the worried family and explained everything clearly.
那位護士對憂心忡忡的家屬非常親切，仔細地解釋了一切。
be nice to someone
It was nice of Kemi to help us move the heavy furniture.
Kemi 真好，幫我們搬了那些沉重的家具。
it is nice of someone to do something
My neighbours are always nice — they bring my mail when I travel.
我的鄰居們總是很友善——我出遠門時他們會幫我收信。
Takeshi left a nice note for his roommate, thanking him for the help.
Takeshi 給室友留了一張溫馨的紙條，感謝他的幫助。
The teacher was nice enough to give the class extra time for the test.
那位老師很好心，給了全班更多時間來完成測驗。
- kind
slightly stronger and more formal than 'nice'
- friendly
focuses on a warm, approachable manner
- polite
focuses on good manners and respectfulness
- thoughtful
emphasises paying attention to what others need
文法句型
be nice to someone
it is nice of someone to do something
be nice enough to do something
用法筆記
Superlative form 'nicest' is very common in this sense: 'She is the nicest person I have ever met.'
常見錯誤
4. Involving very fine or small differences between things that are otherwise simil
細微的；微妙
區分相似事物間細微差別
Involving very fine or small differences between things that are otherwise similar.
There is a nice distinction between 'unhappy' and 'sad' that writers learn to use.
“unhappy” 和 “sad” 之間有細微的差別，這是寫作者需要學會運用的。
nice distinction — fixed phrase for subtle differences
The two dishes look the same, but a nice spice difference makes one warmer.
這兩道菜看起來一樣，但香料上的細微差異讓一道比較暖口。
Chefs train their taste to notice nice differences in flavour between ingredients.
廚師訓練自己的味覺來察覺食材之間風味的細微差別。
In property law, there is a nice point about who owns the narrow strip.
在物業法中，關於窄長土地的所有權歸屬有一個精細的爭論點。
The professor pointed out a nice shade of meaning between the two synonyms.
教授指出了那兩個同義詞之間在含義上的一個微妙差別。
文法句型
nice + noun of difference
用法筆記
Always used before a noun in this sense. Common in academic, legal, and analytical contexts. Unlike other senses of 'nice', this one cannot be used predicatively ('*The distinction is nice' sounds dated).