respectively分别地、依次地|每日一词Day189



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今天来学一个阅读中常见、写作中常用到的副词 respectively。
它看着是从respect(名词)--respective(形容词)这样加词根词缀后的副词,但是respectively的意思与respect真是毫无关系!!
respect我们不陌生,作为名词、动词,都可以表示“尊重”。(对应的形容词是respectful 表示敬意的;尊敬的)
而respective表示:分别的、各自的;
【释义】
牛津:belonging or relating separately to each of the people or things already mentioned
【例句】
 the respective roles of men and women in society 男女在社会中各自的角色
William and I were at very different stages in our respective careers.
威廉和我处在各自事业的迥然不同的阶段。
再看看respectively怎么用。
【释义】分别;各自;顺序为;依次为
牛津:in the same order as the people or things already mentioned 
【例句】
Julie and Mark, aged 17 and 19 respectively 朱莉和马克,年龄分别为17岁和19岁。
英文释义中标蓝的部分"in the same order""already mentioned",当出现了respectively, 就是默认要按照前文提及的顺序。
再看个句子:
The profits in June and July grew 15% and 30%, respectively, but the company still experienced losses. (六月和七月利润增长分别为/一次为15%和30%)表示同样的意思,当然可以写成:The profits grew 15% in June and 30% in July。但明显用词不够“高级”。
再看个长一点的句子——
"In the study, two groups of participants were assigned different tasks: Group A was tasked with reading a novel, while Group B was instructed to solve math problems. The results showed that Group A and Group B improved their reading comprehension and mathematical skills, respectively." 
这个例句中,"respectively"用来表示两个不同的组(Group A和Group B)分别取得了两种不同的结果,强调了它们之间的区别。在雅思写作中,"respectively"可以用来清晰地表达不同事物之间的对应关系或区别,帮助文章更具逻辑性和准确性。
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