副词:字迹或文字难以辨认地、无法清楚阅读地。常用于描述手写体、打印模糊、被污损的文字等情况。
/ɪˈlɛdʒəbli/
He signed the form illegibly.
他在表格上签名,字迹难以辨认。
The note was written illegibly in the margin, as if the writer were rushing or trembling.
那张便条草草写在页边,字迹模糊难辨,仿佛写的人在匆忙或手在发抖。
illegibly 来自 illegible(难辨认的)+ 副词后缀 -ly。
illegible 源自拉丁语 illegibilis:前缀 **il-**(不、非)+ legere(读),字面意思是“不能被读的”。
(不同版本与编辑用词可能略有差异)该词常见于描写“信件、便条、手稿字迹”的情节中,例如: