immoderately
immoderately — 副詞
1. when someone acts or something happens without any moderation, going well past s
過度地
行為或程度超過合理範圍
when someone acts or something happens without any moderation, going well past sensible or normal limits
Quan drank immoderately at the wedding reception and fell asleep on a bench outside.
Quan 在婚宴上過度飲酒,最後睡在了外面的長椅上。
collocation: drink immoderately
Yael spent immoderately on shoes after getting her first full-time job in the city.
Yael 在城裡找到第一份全職工作後,過度花錢買鞋子。
collocation: spend immoderately
The old car burned fuel immoderately, leaving the family short of money every month.
那輛老車過度消耗汽油,讓這家人每個月都捉襟見肘。
Piotr laughed immoderately at the joke until tears ran down his reddened cheeks.
Piotr 聽到笑話後過度大笑,眼淚順著發紅的臉頰流下來。
Ava worried immoderately about her exam results, even though she had studied for months.
Ava 過度擔心考試成績,即使她已經準備了好幾個月。
- excessively
more common and less formal; used in both speech and writing
- unreasonably
emphasises lack of good judgement rather than just large quantity
- inordinately
similarly formal; stresses that something is out of proportion
- unduly
formal and often used in legal or official contexts
- moderately
with restraint and within reasonable limits
- sparingly
using very little; the opposite of excess
文法句型
immoderately + verb (drink, spend, eat, laugh, worry)
用法筆記
A formal adverb. In everyday speech, speakers more often use 'far too much,' 'excessively,' or 'way too' before the verb.