rightly

英 [ˈraɪtli]

美 [ˈraɪtli]

adv.  正当地; 理由充分地; 正确地; 恰当地; 精确地

Oxford 3000 / BNC.4289 / COCA.7631

牛津词典

adv.

• 正当地；理由充分地
  for a good reason
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Quite rightly , the environment is of great concern.
     当然，环境问题人们极为关注。
• 正确地；恰当地；精确地
  in a correct or accurate way
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. I can't rightly say what happened.
     我说不准到底发生了什么事。
  4. I don't rightly know where he's gone.
     我说不好他上哪儿去了。
  5. 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。

英英释义

adv

• with honesty
  1. he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time
  Synonym:justlyjustifiedly

双语例句

• I have the feeling, rightly or wrongly, that I shall regret my decision.
  不管是对是错，我总觉得我会对我的决定感到后悔的。
• Investors rightly want to know how this affects companies. But that information can prove elusive.
  投资者理所当然想知道这一因素对企业造成了怎样的影响，但事实证明这类信息很难找到。
• He has rightly interrupted his holiday in Spain to return to London
  他马上中止了在西班牙的度假回到伦敦。
• He has rightly praised "huckleberry finn", and mark twain's great incidental achievement, in it and his another work, of creating a prose-style suited to the American ethos.
  他正确地称赞了《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和马克·吐温无意中获得的伟大成就，在这部和其他作品里，创造了一种符合美国民族精神的散文文体。
• All the while, as the IMF rightly warns, other opportunities are being squandered.
  一直以来，正如imf所警告的那样，其它机会都被浪费了。
• Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
  勇气是人类最重要的一种特质，倘若有了勇气，人类其他的特质自然也就具备了。
• He has upset a country who rightly are not remotely concerned about Great Britains views.
  再说，他惹恼了一个无视英国意见的国家。
• You'd feel a great deal of pride, and rightly so.
  您觉得了大量的骄傲，这样做是正确的。
• It has been rightly stated that this situation is a threat to international security.
  事实已经明确表明这种形势对国际安全是一个威胁。
• She's been sacked, and rightly so.
  她被解雇了，这件事做得对。