- safe and well; in a calm or happy state安然無恙；平安；快活
Synonyms wellwell- all right
- OK
- fine
- healthy
- strong
- fit
These words all describe somebody who is not ill and is in good health.- well [not usually before noun] (rather informal) in good health:
- I’m not feeling very well.我感覺身體不太好。
- Is he well enough to travel?他身體怎麽樣，能夠旅行嗎？
Well is used especially to talk about your own health, to ask somebody about their health or to make a comment on it. - all right [not before noun] (rather informal) not feeling ill; not injured:
- Are you feeling all right?你感覺還好嗎？
- OK [not before noun] (informal) not feeling ill; not injured:
- She says she’s OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow.她說她現在身體還可以，明天就回來上班。
all right or ok?用 all right 還是 OK？These words are slightly less positive than the other words in this group. They are both used in spoken English to talk about not actually being ill or injured, rather than being positively in good health. Both are rather informal but OK is slightly more informal than all right.- fine [not before noun] (not used in negative statements) (rather informal) completely well:
- ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’“你好嗎？”“很好，謝謝。”
Fine is used especially to talk about your health, especially when somebody asks you how you are. It is also used to talk about somebody’s health when you are talking to somebody else. Unlike well it is not often used to ask somebody about their health or make a comment on it: Are you keeping fine? - healthy in good health and not likely to become ill:
- Keep healthy by exercising regularly.經常鍛煉以保持健康。
- strong in good health and not suffering from an illness:
- After a few weeks she was feeling stronger.幾周之後她感覺身體好些了。
Strong is often used to talk about becoming healthy again after an illness. - fit (especially British English) in good physical health, especially because you take regular physical exercise:指健壯，尤指因經常鍛煉而身體健康：
- I go swimming every day in order to keep fit.我每天遊泳以保持健康。
Patterns- all right/OK/fit for something
- all right/OK/fit to do something
- to feel/look well/all right/OK/fine/healthy/strong/fit
- to keep (somebody) well/healthy/fit
- perfectly well/all right/OK/fine/healthy/fit
- physically well/healthy/strong/fit
Extra Examples- I'm perfectly OK now, thanks.我現在相當好，謝謝。
- He should be OK for the game on Saturday.他參加星期六的比賽應該沒問題。
- I think we should be OK here for the night.我想我們今晚應該沒問題。
- She looks OK to me.我覺得她樣子還行。
- She says she's OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow.她說她現在身體還可以，明天就回來上班。
- She worries too much—I'll be perfectly OK.她過分擔憂了－我會平安無事的。
- Write and let me know you're OK.給我寫信報個平安。
- Did they get there OK?他們平安到達了嗎？
Topics Feelingsa1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverbpreposition- by somebody
- with somebody/something
See full entry - OK (for somebody) (to do something) all right; acceptable; in an acceptable way可以；可行；尚可；不錯
- Is it OK if I leave now?我現在離開，可以嗎？
- Is it OK for me to come too?我也去，行嗎？
- Does my hair look okay?我的頭發還看得過去嗎？
- I think I did OK in the exam.我覺得我考得還可以。
- Whatever you decide, it's okay by me.無論你怎麽決定對我來說都行。
- an okay movie一部不錯的電影
Express Yourself Asking for permission/a favourAsking for permission/a favour請求允許或幫助You are more likely to get what you want if you can ask for it politely. Here are some ways of asking whether you may do something:禮貌的請求更可能達成願望，以下是詢問是否可以做某事的一些表達方式：- Would you mind if I opened the window?你會介意我開窗嗎？
- Could I possibly borrow your phone?我借你的電話用一下好嗎？
- I hate to ask, but could I please borrow your phone?冒昧打擾了，我能借你的電話用一下嗎？
(North American English)- Do you happen to have a pair of gloves I could borrow for the evening?你有沒有適合出席晚會的手套可以借給我？
- Would it be all right if I left five minutes early?我提前五分鐘離開可以嗎？
- Is there any chance that we could stay at your house the night before our flight?我們有沒有可能在航班出發的前一天晚上住在你家？
- Would it be OK to leave my bag here?我把包留在這兒行嗎？
Responses:回應：- I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind.如果你不介意的話，最好别這麽做。
- I'd prefer it if you asked somebody else.也許你問問别人更好。
- If there's someone else you can ask, I'd be grateful.請您再問問其他人。
Extra Examples- I hope the meeting goes OK.我希望會議進展順利。
- Is it OK with you if I come around six?我 6 點左右來，你看好不好？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverbpreposition- by somebody
- with somebody/something
See full entry Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren's re-election campaign of 1840 in the US; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials.