poorly多益
多益新增字・持續校對中，發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
不好地；差勁地·身體不舒服的
詞尾-ly卻也可當形容詞，是常見詞性陷阱
Grandma said she felt poorly this morning, so she skipped her walk to the night market.
阿嬤說她今天早上覺得不舒服，所以沒去夜市散步。
一個畫面：有氣無力
病懨懨身體不舒服，全身無力提不起勁
表現失常做事或考試沒力，結果不理想
義項
表現失常B1adverb不好地；差勁地
He did poorly on the test.
他這次考試考得很差。
do poorlyperform poorly
病懨懨B1adjective身體不舒服的
After catching a cold, Jack felt poorly and stayed home from school.
感冒之後，傑克覺得不舒服，就留在家沒去上學。
feel poorly
片語
do poorly考差 →表現或成績不好
feel poorly身體虛 →身體感覺不舒服
poorly written文筆差 →寫得很糟糕
poorly paid薪水低 →薪資給得很低
你會不會這樣說？
Grandma said she felt ___ this morning, so she skipped her walk. (poor / poorly)
看答案
poorly
poorly置於動詞後表身體不適，是英式口語用法。
'He did poorly on the test.' 這裡的 poorly 是什麼詞性？(A) 形容詞 (B) 副詞
看答案
(B)
修飾動詞，說明表現不好，為副詞用法。
字族
poor 貧窮的；不好的；可憐的
順路看看
poor — poorly 的形容詞原形，意思更廣badly — 和 poorly 意思相近，更常用多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
操作手冊審查
The installation guide was poorly written and confused several technicians.
安裝指南寫得很差，讓幾位技術人員感到困惑。
辦公室請假對話，英式口語
Mia felt poorly and asked to leave the office early.
米雅覺得身體不舒服，便提出提早離開辦公室的請求。
詞族
poor adjective 差的；品質不佳的・poorly adverb 不好地；差勁地・poorer comparative adjective 更差的
四選一
The instructions were so ____ written that several employees misunderstood them.
看答案
poorly
空格修飾 written，須用副詞 poorly，表示寫得很差。poor 是形容詞，poorer 和 poorest 分別是形容詞比較級與最高級，都不能在此修飾 written。
同義改寫
The installation guide was poorly written and confused several technicians. → The installation guide was badly written and confused several technicians.
此處 poorly written 與 badly written 都表示文字撰寫品質不佳。
Mia felt poorly and asked to leave the office early. → Mia felt unwell and asked to leave the office early.
英式口語中的 felt poorly 表示身體不舒服，felt unwell 保留相同意思，且未推定疾病或診斷。