上述用作副词的词和词组均有“有意地、故意地”之意。
deliberately : 指经过深思熟虑后而行事。
- I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me.
我敢肯定他是故意说这些来气我的。 - She's been deliberately ignoring him all day.
她故意整天都不理他。 - It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to Britain.
它在政策上有意识地将世界艺术介绍给英国。 - Keynes deliberately misrepresented the views of his opponents.
凯恩斯故意歪曲了反对者的观点。
on purpose : 侧重所作所为具有特殊目的。
- I was deliberately trying to annoy him.; I got him angry on purpose.
我故意气他一下。 - Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
是意外还是戴维故意所为？ - There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?
有时我很困惑：她这么做是故意的吗？难道一切都只是一场游戏，是逢场作戏？ - I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident.
我不是故意这样做的，是个意外。
