intimately(副词):亲密地;密切地;私下地;详尽地/深入地。常用于描述人与人关系的亲近程度,或对某事的熟悉与了解程度。(也可用于较委婉地指“与性有关地”。)
They worked intimately with the local community.
他们与当地社区密切合作。
She was intimately familiar with the city's history, having studied it for years and walked its streets in every season.
她对这座城市的历史非常熟悉,因为她研究了多年,并在每个季节都走过它的街道。
源自 intimate(亲密的、内在的),其更早来自拉丁语 intimus(“最内层的、最深处的”),由 **in-**(在……之内)相关词根发展而来;加上副词后缀 -ly 形成 intimately,强调“在内心/内里层面地、非常贴近地”。