thankfully

英英釋義：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.

2. 為什么選這個詞？

“thankfully”是副詞，意思是“幸虧、幸運的是、令人欣慰的是”。注意，雖然從字面上看， thankfully 等同于 gratefully，但這種用法是有爭議的。thankfully 最常見的的意思更接近 luckily 和 fortunately，即“幸運的是、謝天謝地”。這個詞很好用，也是很多學(xué)習(xí)者想不起來會用的一個詞。我們來通過幾個例句掌握。

我們在舉辦活動時經(jīng)常會有這樣那樣的擔(dān)心，但如果過程很順利，我們事后就可以說：

Thankfully, everything went smoothly. （這里的 Thankfully 也可以換成 Fortunately）

有一次我乘坐飛機遲到了，但幸運的是航班晚點了，所以最后還是趕上了飛機。就可以說：

Once I was late for my flight. Thankfully, the flight got delayed, and I was able to board it eventually.

《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》一篇關(guān)于政府如何更好地治理垃圾的文章中有這么一句：

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

這句話的言外之意是，政府在解決一些問題的時候，人們會質(zhì)疑它的動機。

3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞？

1）翻譯下面的句子：

還好，我們在推出產(chǎn)品之前及時發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個瑕疵，并馬上解決了問題。

Thankfully, we found a product defect in time and fixed it before the launch.

（參考翻譯：Thankfully, we spotted a product defect in time and fixed it before the launch.）

2.Thankfully , I finished all the homework before deadline .