gradually, and often quite swiftly,
那么漸漸地，往往也是很順利地，
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 46 Hobbies

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gradually ['gr?d???li] 詞頻1
adv. 逐步地，漸漸地;按部就班地;日趨;冉冉;
?? grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
這些藥的效果起初非常好,但后來逐漸失效.
近義：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively 反義：clean, cold
often ['?f(t?)n] 詞頻1
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
quite [kwa?t] 詞頻1
adv. 相當，很;非常;確實如此;
?? 教室非常（quite）安靜（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
這個方案表面上看來似乎很實際.
近義：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty 反義：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly
swiftly [['swiftli]] 詞頻2
adv. 很快地, 即刻
近義：apace, hurriedly, lightly, quickly, rapidly, speedily 反義：leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily

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