1OBVIOUSused to say that something is true because you can see that it is true 明顯地,顯然SYN clearly
She was evidently a heavy smoker.
她顯然煙瘾很大。
He was evidently in pain.
他顯然很痛。
She was evidently upset by what she saw.
她顯然對所見到的事情感到不快。
[sentence adverbadv]
Evidently, the builders had finished and gone home early.
很明顯,建築工人幹完活後早早回家了。
2OBVIOUSused to say that you have been told that something is true 據說SYN apparently
He was evidently a rude, unpleasant child.
據說他是個粗魯而討厭的孩子。
[sentence adverbadv]
Evidently, the local authority are planning to close the school.
據說地方當局打算關閉該學校。
Examples from the Corpus
evidently• The man outside was evidently a visitor.• The attacking force had evidently been spread very thin since altogether there were fewer than 20 planes reported.• She knew that, and Charles knew that, but the public were evidently beginning to think otherwise.• Even I can see the solution, as evidently can Lestrade.• Far from being popular, Hatton had evidently had a host of enemies.• Their contractsevidently having run out, the distinctiveenamelledironadvertisements were removed from the ex-Croydon cars in 1942.• She was also flushed and evidently in a state of unrest, which made him feel chivalrous and sympathetic.• Amelio evidently liked what he saw during Carey's concert.• This was evidently the quaddevoted to the sciencefaculty.• Evidently, the two of them have gotten back together.