incoherently
incoherently — 副詞
1. with words coming out broken, slurred, or hard to follow, often because the spea
語無倫次地
因驚慌、醉酒或生病而講不清楚
with words coming out broken, slurred, or hard to follow, often because the speaker is upset, ill, exhausted, or drunk.
After the seizure, Christopher answered the nurse incoherently for several minutes.
癲癇發作後，Christopher 語無倫次地回答護士，持續了好幾分鐘。
answer + incoherently in an emergency context
Nadia was crying so hard that she spoke incoherently into the voicemail.
Nadia 哭得太厲害，只能對著語音信箱語無倫次地說話。
speak incoherently after strong emotion
By dawn, David had drunk enough to laugh and mutter incoherently.
到了天亮時，David 已經喝多了，邊笑邊語無倫次地嘟囔。
The witness began speaking incoherently, then paused and asked for some water.
那名證人一開口就語無倫次，接著停下來要水喝。
When the fever spiked again, Aoi called home incoherently from bed.
燒又升上來時，Aoi 躺在床上語無倫次地打電話回家。
- unintelligibly
stronger; suggests listeners cannot even make out the words
- confusedly
broader and less tied to speech breaking down
- ramblingly
suggests wandering from point to point rather than distress alone
- coherently
the direct opposite — in a clear, connected way
- lucidly
formal; emphasizes mental clarity while speaking
文法句型
speak/talk/mutter + incoherently
answer + incoherently
用法筆記
Usually modifies verbs such as speak, answer, mutter, or talk. Distinguish from sense 2: here the speaker is failing in the moment, rather than an argument or text lacking structure.
常見錯誤
2. with ideas jumping from point to point or missing the links between them, so an
毫無條理地
想法前後接不起來，讓人難以跟上
with ideas jumping from point to point or missing the links between them, so an explanation, argument, plan, or piece of writing is hard to follow as a whole.
The minister defended the policy incoherently, changing his reason every minute.
部長為這項政策辯護時講得毫無條理，幾乎每分鐘都在換理由。
argue incoherently with shifting reasons
Wren's essay moves incoherently between climate data and travel memories.
Wren 的文章在氣候數據和旅行回憶之間毫無條理地跳來跳去。
move incoherently between two idea sets
The two reports were stitched together incoherently and repeated the same statistics.
兩份報告被毫無條理地拼在一起，連同樣的統計數字都重複了。
During the debate, Ramón argued incoherently and never answered the main question.
辯論時，Ramón 論述得毫無條理，也一直沒有回答核心問題。
The website explains refunds incoherently, so customers keep calling the helpline.
這個網站把退款方式解釋得毫無條理，所以顧客一直打客服專線。
- illogically
focuses on bad reasoning steps rather than loose organization
- disjointedly
suggests broken links between parts that should connect
- haphazardly
broader and more informal; emphasizes lack of plan
- coherently
the direct opposite — ideas hold together clearly
- logically
stresses sound reasoning and sensible sequence
文法句型
argue/write/explain + incoherently
move incoherently between X and Y
用法筆記
Usually modifies verbs linked to reasoning or organization, such as argue, explain, write, or present. Distinguish from sense 1: with sense 2, the ideas fail to connect even if the speaker sounds calm.