late 14c., "unconditionally, completely," from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "without reference to anything else, not relatively;" meaning "to the utmost degree" emerged by mid-16c. As a colloquial emphatic in American English, it is attested from 1892.
雙語例句
1. The car park was absolutely packed solid with people.
停車場被人擠得水泄不通。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
肯定有成千上萬的學生都渴望到這所大學念書。
來自柯林斯例句
3. "I absolutely hated school," Rachel says. "I skived off all the time."
“我恨透了學校，”雷切爾說，“我總是逃學。”
來自柯林斯例句
4. There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman.
以年紀較長的女性作為自己仿效的對象絕沒有什么不對。
來自柯林斯例句
5. I don't mind telling you I was absolutely terrified.