weirdly(副词):以奇怪的方式;出乎意料地;反常地。(常用来表达某事“怪怪的”或“奇妙地不合常理”。)
/ˈwɪədli/(英式)
/ˈwɪrdli/(美式)
The room was weirdly quiet.
房间里安静得有点反常。
Weirdly, the more I tried to explain, the less they understood, as if my words were slipping past them.
奇怪的是,我越努力解释,他们越听不懂,仿佛我的话从他们身边滑过去一样。
weirdly 来自形容词 weird(奇怪的、反常的)加副词后缀 -ly(“以……方式”)。weird 早期与“命运、宿命”有关(古英语 wyrd,意为“命运”),后来意义逐渐转向“离奇、怪异”,因此 weirdly 也常带有“反常、不可思议”的语感。