nice!

nice! — 形容詞

1. giving someone a feeling of enjoyment or comfort; not unpleasant in any way.

1.形容詞A1
釋義

舒服的；愉快

讓人感到愉快、舒適的事物或情境

giving someone a feeling of enjoyment or comfort; not unpleasant in any way.

例句

Nellie spent a nice afternoon walking along the beach with her grandfather.

Nellie 和爺爺在海邊散步，度過了愉快的下午。

common pattern: nice + noun (afternoon, day, weekend)

The coffee shop on Maple Street has a really nice atmosphere for studying.

楓樹街上的咖啡店氣氛很舒服，很適合念書。

同義詞
  • pleasant

    slightly more formal; similar everyday register

  • lovely

    warmer and more personal in tone, especially British English

  • enjoyable

    emphasises that you actively had fun, not just comfort

反義詞
  • unpleasant

    direct opposite for experiences and situations

  • horrible

    much stronger negative — implies real discomfort or dislike

文法句型

nice + noun

be + nice

nice to + verb

用法筆記

Frequently used as a general positive evaluation when no stronger adjective is needed. Common in casual speech, greetings, and farewells (have a nice day).

常見錯誤

❌The food was very nice tasted.
✅The food tasted very nice.
💡adjective follows the linking verb, not before its past participle.

2. used before another adjective, especially in 'nice and ___', to mean pleasantly

2.形容詞A2
釋義

舒舒服服地

用於 nice and 結構，表恰到好處

used before another adjective, especially in 'nice and ___', to mean pleasantly so — for example, nice and warm, nice and easy.

例句

Tamar pulled the blanket up to her chin — the bed was nice and warm.

Tamar 把毯子拉到下巴——床上暖呼呼的，非常舒服。

fixed pattern: nice and + adjective

Selim wanted the soup nice and hot before serving it to his guests.

Selim 想把湯熱呼呼地端上桌招待客人。

同義詞
  • pleasantly

    more formal; works in writing where 'nice and' would sound chatty

  • comfortably

    works when the second adjective describes physical ease

文法句型

nice and + adjective

用法筆記

Only used in the fixed frame 'nice and + adjective'. The phrase functions like an intensifier — 'nice and warm' means 'pleasantly warm', not 'both nice and warm'. Distinguish from sense 1, where nice modifies a noun directly.

常見錯誤

❌The water is nicely warm.
✅The water is nice and warm.
💡this intensifier uses 'nice and', not 'nicely'.

3. behaving in a friendly and thoughtful way towards other people; treating others

3.形容詞A1
釋義

親切；和善

對他人友善、體貼的態度或個性

behaving in a friendly and thoughtful way towards other people; treating others with kindness.

例句

Tuan was really nice to the new student on her first day at school.

Tuan 在新同學第一天到學校時，對她非常友善。

pattern: be nice to + person

It was so nice of Tara to drive her elderly neighbour to the hospital.

Tara 開車載年長的鄰居去醫院，真的很貼心。

pattern: it is nice of + person + to + verb

同義詞
  • kind

    stronger and more sincere; nice can feel polite without warmth

  • friendly

    focuses on warm manner rather than helpful action

  • polite

    narrower — about good manners, not necessarily caring

反義詞
  • mean

    direct opposite when talking about how someone treats others

  • rude

    narrower — bad manners rather than unkind intent

文法句型

nice to + person

it is nice of someone to + verb

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 describes things that feel pleasant (a nice day); this sense describes how people treat others (be nice to someone).

常見錯誤

❌He was nice with me.
✅He was nice to me.
💡use 'to', not 'with', for the person on the receiving end.

4. (of a difference, point, or judgement) needing careful attention because the dif

4.形容詞C1
釋義

細微；精微

差異很小、需要小心分辨的判斷或區別

(of a difference, point, or judgement) needing careful attention because the differences involved are small and easily missed.

例句

The lawyer drew a nice distinction between owning the land and using it.

律師細緻地區分了「擁有這塊地」和「使用這塊地」的差別。

common collocation: a nice distinction

Christopher raised a nice point about how the survey question was worded.

Christopher 對問卷題目的措辭提出了一個很細微的觀點。

同義詞
  • subtle

    everyday equivalent; preferred in modern writing

  • fine

    as in 'a fine distinction'; very close synonym in this fixed sense

  • delicate

    emphasises that careless handling will get it wrong

反義詞
  • crude

    opposite when describing how a distinction or judgement is made

文法句型

a nice + noun (distinction, point, balance)

用法筆記

Formal and somewhat literary. Most common in fixed collocations: a nice distinction, a nice point, a nice balance, a nice judgement. Do not confuse with sense 1 (pleasant) — context and the collocation make this sense clear.

常見錯誤

❌She made a nice argument' (meaning 'a pleasant argument').
✅She made a clever / interesting argument.
💡in this formal sense, 'nice' means 'subtle', not 'pleasant'.

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