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| 1 | in a skilful or effective way 熟练地；有效地 |
| She speaks Japanese well. 她日语说得很好。 |
| very/rather/fairly/quite well He plays the piano very well for someone of his age. 就他这个年龄来说，他的钢琴弹得很好。 |
| | 1a | in a way that is satisfactory 令人满意地 | | The boys were not behaving very well. 男孩子们表现得不够好。 | | pretty well (=fairly well) I can see pretty well without my glasses. 相当好 | |
| | 1b | in a complete or thorough way 完全地；彻底地；充分地 | | Shake the can well before opening. 打开罐头之前先充分地摇一摇。 | | Idon’ t know these people very well. 我对这些人不特别了解。 | |
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| 2 | very or very muchused for emphasizing what you are saying 很，非常（用于强调所说的话） |
| well aware Rostov was well aware of the scandal he was creating. 罗斯托夫非常清楚自己正在制造的丑闻。 |
| well worth A trip to the new museum is well worth the effort. 新博物馆非常值得去参观。 |
| | 2a | used for emphasizing that a period of time or a distance is long 远远地，早早地（用于强调时间或距离之长） | | well after/before Pete left the party well before you got there. 早在你到达那里之前皮特就离开了聚会。 | | well ahead/behind Paula finished the race well ahead of the other runners. 葆拉远远领先于其他选手跑完了比赛。 | |
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| - | as well
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| in addition to something or someone else |
| 又；还；也 |
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| I’ d like a cup of coffee, and a glass of water as well. 我想要一杯咖啡，还有一杯水。 |
| +as I need to go to the bookshop as well as the bank. 我需要去银行，还要去书店。 |
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| - | be doing well
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| to be getting better after an illness |
| （病后）康复 |
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| He seems to be doing well after his operation. 手术后他似乎正在康复。 |
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| - | be doing well for yourself
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| to be successful in life |
| 成功；发达 |
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| Judging by their address, they were doing very well for themselves. 从他们的讲话中可以看出他们事业有成。 |
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| - | cannot/can’ t very well
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| used for saying that it would not be wise or sensible to do something |
| 不明智地；不通情达理地 |
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| We can’ t very well tell them now. 我们现在就告诉他们是不明智的。 |
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| - | do well by sb
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| to treat someone in a fair or generous way |
| 公正对待某人；宽容对待某人 |
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| The president called on companies to do well by their employees. 董事长要求各公司对待员工要公正。 |
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| - | know full/perfectly well
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| to know something while pretending not to |
| 明明知道（但假装不知道） |
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| You know full well what I am talking about. 你明明知道我在讲什么。 |
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| - | may/might (just) as well do sth informal
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| used for saying that it might be a good idea to do something although it is not essential |
| 做某事倒也无妨 |
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| We might as well wait a little longer for them. 咱们不妨再等他们一会儿。 |
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| - | mean well
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| if someone means well , they intend to be kind and helpful but often upset people without wanting to |
| 怀有善意（但常帮倒忙） |
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| Iknow he means well, but he’ s just making things worse. 我知道他的用意是好的，但是他却把事情越搞越砸了。 |
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| - | speak well of
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| to praise someone or something |
| 赞扬；表扬 |
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| Mr Carter speaks very well of you. 卡特先生对你评价很高。 |
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| - | well done
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| used for giving someone praise when they do something well |
| 做得好；真棒 |
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| Well done, Julia! 干得好！朱莉娅！ |
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| LEFENTRY: well | | | | Well is used for making many compound adjectives formed from two or more words. In this dictionary, these adjectives appear with a hyphen and this is how you will normally see them when they are used before a nounwell 用来构成复合形容词（由两个或两个以上单词构成）。在本词典中，这些形容词中间有个连字符，这是它们用于名词前时通常出现的样子: a well-known actor 著名的演员。When these compound adjectives are used after a noun, however, they are usually written without a hyphen然而，这类复合形容词用在名词后时通常不加连字符: She is well known for her work in TV. 她在电视行业的成就使她闻名遐迩。 | | | |
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