actually是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 in fact or really -- 實際上；事實上；的確

  • I didn't actually see her - I just heard her voice. 實際上我並沒有看見她，只是聽到了她的聲音。

  • So what actually happened? 那麼到底發生了甚麼事呢？

• 1 used in sentences in which there is information that is in some way surprising or the opposite of what most people would expect -- （表示意外或與通常預期的相反）居然，竟然

  • I didn't like him at first, but in the end I actually got quite fond of him. 起初我對他並沒有好感，可最後我竟然挺喜歡他的。

  • I'm one of the few people who doesn't actually like champagne. 少數人還真是不喜歡香檳酒，我就是其中之一。

  • humorous Don't tell me he actually paid for you! 別跟我說他居然替你付了錢！

• 2 used as a way of making a sentence slightly more polite, for example when you are expressing an opposing opinion, correcting what someone else has said, or refusing an offer -- （用於禮貌地表示反對、糾正他人或拒絕他人提議等）其實，說實話，實際上

  • "Alexander looks like he'd be good at sports." "Actually, he's not." 「亞歷山大看來很擅長運動。」「事實並非如此。」

  • Actually, Gavin, it was Tuesday of last week, not Wednesday. 實際上呢，加文，那是上星期二，不是星期三。

  • "Do you mind if I smoke?" "Well, actually, I'd rather you didn't." 「我抽支煙你介意嗎？」「嗯，說實話，我希望你還是別抽。」