Squarely
['skweəlɪ] or ['skwɛrli]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) with firmness and conviction; without compromise; 'he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration'- C.G.Bowers; 'dealt straightforwardly with all issues'.
(adv.) firmly and solidly; 'hit the ball squarely'; 'the bat met the ball squarely'; 'planted his great bulk square before his enemy'.
(adv.) in a square shape; 'a squarely cut piece of paper'; 'folded the sheet of paper square'.
(adv.) directly and without evasion; not roundabout; 'to face a problem squarely'; 'the responsibility lies squarely with them'; 'spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point'.
(adv.) in a straight direct way; 'looked him squarely in the eye'; 'ran square into me'.
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解釋/意思:
(adv.) In a square form or manner.
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例句/造句/用法:
- By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He looked Fernando squarely in the eye and nodded. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- A short, thin metal plate attached to the ring A on the right hand side clamps the diaphragm in position by resting squarely on the rubber edge of the diaphragm. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He looked Karkov squarely in the eye. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Girl number twenty,' said Mr. Gradgrind, squarely pointing with his square forefinger, 'I don't know that girl. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Gerty had tried to veil her failure in tender ambiguities; but Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Squarely among them it fell, striking one of the warriors full upon the head and felling him to the ground. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He took a chance and looked at Pilar squarely, then looked away. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In short, the Commission did not face the sexual impulse squarely. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He rose with a start which left the rocking-chair quivering on its beam ends, and placed himself squarely before her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- So the burden of national crises is squarely upon the dominant classes who fight so foolishly against the emergent ones. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He kept on looking at her squarely with his small, redrimmed pig eyes. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Almost simultaneously with the lion's turning to renew the attack a half-naked giant dropped from the tree above squarely on the brute's back. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Shut up, Pablo looked at him squarely, and his face was the face of a man who had fought well before any other thing had happened. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I never succeeded in getting squarely at either end of my class, in any one study, during the four years. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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