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单词 indeed
释义
indeedin‧deed /ɪnˈdiːd/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINindeed
Origin:
1300-1400 in + deed
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Minorities are not well represented. Indeed, the city has only one black city council member.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A very, very average thing indeed, like a potato.
  • Although twenty years have passed since that night, I can still remember everything about it very clearly indeed.
  • And indeed, Rasche was getting closer.
  • Anyway, the first form of Bubo in the film was indeed a real owl.
  • Being a 3D game, you can view objects from any angle, or indeed yourself!
  • Longer hours, indeed, would merely mean more unsold coal.
  • These are very important propositions indeed.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Actually science depends upon expert witnesses who indeed are not infallible.
  • And why indeed should gamesmanship not exist in disabled sport when it is rife everywhere else?
  • Meant especially for Prior Robert, I should hazard, who indeed thinks he chose her and ranks as her proprietor.
  • The community service that is most interesting is by those who indeed are intellectually productive.
1[sentence adverb] used to emphasize a statement or answer:  The blood tests prove that Vince is indeed the father. ‘Would it help if you had an assistant?’ ‘It would indeed.’2[sentence adverb] formal used to introduce an additional statement that emphasizes or supports what you have just said:  I didn’t mind at all. Indeed, I was pleased.3especially British English used with ‘very’ and an adjective or adverb to emphasize a statement or description:  Most of the essays were very good indeed. Thank you very much indeed.4British English spoken used to show that you are surprised or annoyed by something that someone has just told you:  ‘He said he was too busy to see you.’ ‘Did he, indeed?’5why/how/who etc indeed? spoken used when someone has asked you a question, to show that you do not know the answer and you do not think there can be a satisfactory answer:  ‘Why would John have left without saying a word?’ ‘Why indeed?’
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