adverb

discreetly

謹慎地, 小心地, 不引人注目地

He discreetly passed the note to her.

他謹慎地把紙條遞給了她。

She discreetly left the party early.

她悄悄地提早離開了派對。

((verb)) discreetly 謹慎地做某事 She discreetly checked her phone during the meeting.

同義詞: subtly, cautiously, inconspicuously; 反義詞: openly, obviously, blatantly

源自拉丁語「discretus」(分開的,有區別的),意味著謹慎的判斷。後綴「-ly」構成副詞。

可以把「discreetly」做事想像成「secretly」(秘密地)做事。它們的發音相似,都含有不引人注意的意思。

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