apparently, obviously 和 evidently 這三個字在中文裡也常都翻成 ”明顯地; 顯然”
但它們適用於不同的情況, 也就是說意思還是有些不同
apparently 指的通常是說話者自己主觀的推斷, 從其他的事情做出的邏輯判斷
比如: Apparently, someone has to take responsibility for the fire.
He apparently thought that I had forgotten his name and came to introduce
himself again.
obviously 指的 ”顯然” 則是 ”任何人都可以看得出來” 的意思
或是帶有嘲諷的語氣, 暗示了 ”你怎麼會看不出來?”
像是: Look at the way he walks. He is obviously drunk.
Stop defending him. He is obviously a liar.
evidently 則是用來指有證據的事情 (它的名詞 evidence 就是證據)
必須是有實際事證可支持的論述
例如: The seizures are evidently a symptom of disease.
The suspect evidently left the crime scene after the neighbor heard a scream.
我們再拿這三個字來做橫向的比較:
He apparently didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 我推測他沒看
He obviously didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 任何人都可看出他沒看
He evidently didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 有證據顯示他的確沒看
三個字裡當然最肯定的是 evidently
apparently 和 obviously 有時差別不大
但是 obviously 多了一份稍微 ”自大” 的口氣
因為 apparently 是自己的判斷
obviously 則是認為 ”這麼明顯的事, 大家都應該看得出來”
但它們適用於不同的情況, 也就是說意思還是有些不同
apparently 指的通常是說話者自己主觀的推斷, 從其他的事情做出的邏輯判斷
比如: Apparently, someone has to take responsibility for the fire.
He apparently thought that I had forgotten his name and came to introduce
himself again.
obviously 指的 ”顯然” 則是 ”任何人都可以看得出來” 的意思
或是帶有嘲諷的語氣, 暗示了 ”你怎麼會看不出來?”
像是: Look at the way he walks. He is obviously drunk.
Stop defending him. He is obviously a liar.
evidently 則是用來指有證據的事情 (它的名詞 evidence 就是證據)
必須是有實際事證可支持的論述
例如: The seizures are evidently a symptom of disease.
The suspect evidently left the crime scene after the neighbor heard a scream.
我們再拿這三個字來做橫向的比較:
He apparently didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 我推測他沒看
He obviously didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 任何人都可看出他沒看
He evidently didn’t read my e-mail. 從他所做的事或說的話, 有證據顯示他的確沒看
三個字裡當然最肯定的是 evidently
apparently 和 obviously 有時差別不大
但是 obviously 多了一份稍微 ”自大” 的口氣
因為 apparently 是自己的判斷
obviously 則是認為 ”這麼明顯的事, 大家都應該看得出來”
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