for a good reason synonym justifiably正当地;理由充分地 The school was rightly proud of the excellent exam results. 学校为这次出色的考试成绩感到骄傲,这是理所当然的。 He was proud of his beautiful house, and rightly so. 他为自己的漂亮房子感到骄傲,这是很自然的。 Quite rightly, the environment is of great concern. 当然,环境问题非常受关注。 Rightly or wrongly, many older people are afraid of violence in the streets. 不管正不正当,反正许多年长者都害怕街头暴力。
Extra ExamplesRightly or wrongly, he was released early from prison. 不论对错,他提前获释了。 She believed, quite rightly, that he had let her down. 她觉得他很让她失望,她这样想没错。
in a correct or accurate way 正确地;恰当地;精确地 As she rightly pointed out, the illness can affect adults as well as children. 她说得对,这种病不仅影响儿童,也会影响成年人。 I can't rightly say what happened. 我说不准到底发生了什么事。 I don't rightly know where he's gone. 我说不好他上哪儿去了。 If I remember rightly, there's a train at six o'clock. 如果我没记错的话,六点钟有一趟火车。
Which Word? right / rightlyright / rightly- Right and rightly can both be used as adverbs. In the sense ‘correctly’ or ‘in the right way’, right is the usual adverb. It is only used after verbs:
right 和 rightly 均可用作副词。表示正确地、恰当地,则通常用副词 right;此词只用于动词之后: He did it right. 他做得对。 Did I spell your name right? 你的名字我拼得对不对?
上述用法不能用 rightly,在正式用语中可用 correctly: Is your name spelled correctly? 你的名字拼正确了吗?
- The usual meaning of rightly is ‘for a good reason’ and it comes before an adjective:
rightly 的通常意义为理所当然地,用于形容词前: They are rightly proud of their children. 他们当然为他们的孩子而骄傲。
该词亦可表示正确地,用于动词前或某些短语中: As you rightly say, we have a serious problem. 你说得对,我们有严重困难。