purely
純粹地;完全地
英檢中高級字，拼字近purposely
His decision to quit the team was purely his own, not something his parents pushed him to do.
他退出球隊純粹是他自己的決定,不是父母逼他的。
一個畫面：濾掉雜質剩本體
過濾雜質把多餘、混雜的成分篩掉
只剩本體留下的就是唯一、真正的東西
動機單純沒有其他理由或私心摻雜
義項
動機純粹C1adverb純粹地;完全地
She volunteers purely because she enjoys helping others.
她純粹是因為喜歡幫助別人才去當志工。
purely coincidentalpurely academic
片語
purely coincidental純屬巧合 →純粹只是碰巧發生
purely academic純屬理論 →只是理論,不影響實際
purely business公事公辦 →只談生意,不談交情
你會不會這樣說？
She smiled ___ out of relief. (purely / pure)
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purely
purely修飾out of relief表原因;pure是形容詞不能修飾片語。
purely 與 purposely 字首相同、外形相近,但意思完全不同,對嗎?
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對
purely表「純粹地」,purposely表「故意地」,語意不同但拼字相近。