[D]istinctly, in the sense really quite, is the badge of the superior person indulgently recognizing unexpected merit in something that we are to understand is not quite worthy of his notice. [Fowler]
权威例句
1. I distinctly remember wishing I had not got involved.
我清楚地记得希望自己没有被牵扯进去。
2. However, many customers found the smell of this product distinctly off-putting.
然而,很多顾客觉得该产品有一股异味,非常难闻。
3. I distinctly heard the loudspeaker calling passengers for the Turin-Amsterdam flight.
我清楚地听到扩音器里在请都灵至阿姆斯特丹航班的旅客登机。
4. First reactions have been distinctly unfavourable.