- 這是個(gè)什么詞？
詞：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.
- 為什么選這個(gè)詞？
“thankfully”是副詞，意思是“幸虧、幸運(yùn)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(yùn)的是、謝天謝地”。這個(gè)詞很好用，也是很多學(xué)習(xí)者想不起來會(huì)用的一個(gè)詞。我們來通過幾個(gè)例句掌握。
我們?cè)谂e辦活動(dòng)時(shí)經(jīng)常會(huì)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(jī)遲到了，但幸運(yùn)的是航班晚點(diǎn)了，所以最后還是趕上了飛機(jī)。就可以說：
Once I was late for my flight. Thankfully, the flight got delayed, and I was able to board it eventually.
場(chǎng)景：曾經(jīng)跟客戶約談，因?yàn)榻煌ǘ氯t到了。但是幸運(yùn)的是，客戶也沒有準(zhǔn)時(shí)到。
造句：Once I was late for the appointment with my customers for the heavy traffic.Thankfully, they were not punctual, too.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)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(shí)候，人們會(huì)質(zhì)疑它的動(dòng)機(jī)。
- 怎樣學(xué)會(huì)使用這個(gè)詞？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
還好，我們?cè)谕瞥霎a(chǎn)品之前及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)瑕疵，并馬上解決了問題。
（參考翻譯：Thankfully, we spotted a product defect in time and fixed it before the launch.
場(chǎng)景：曾經(jīng)跟客戶約談，因?yàn)榻煌ǘ氯t到了。但是幸運(yùn)的是，客戶也沒有準(zhǔn)時(shí)到。
造句：Once I was late for the appointment with my customers for the heavy traffic.Thankfully, they were not punctual, either.
