certainly
adverb /ˈsɜːtnli/
/ˈsɜːrtnli/
- without doubt
无疑；确定；肯定 - Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
要是不治疗，她十有八九会死。 - Certainly, the early years are crucial to a child's development.
毫无疑问，幼年对儿童的发展至关重要。 - I'm certainly never going there again.
我肯定不会再去那里了。 - I certainly hope we can do this again.
我当然希望我们能再次这样做。 - She was certainly attractive but you couldn’t call her beautiful.
她当然有吸引力，但说不上漂亮。 - It is certainly true that individual earthquakes are difficult to predict with any accuracy.
的确，个别地震很难准确预测。 - This will certainly make them think again.
这一定会让他们重新考虑的。
Which Word? surely / certainlysurely / certainly- You use surely, especially in British English, to show that you are almost certain about what you are saying and you want other people to agree with you: Surely this can’t be right?
这不可能是对的吧？ 你肯定不想去，是吗？ - Certainly usually means ‘without doubt’ or ‘definitely’, and is used to show that you strongly believe something or to emphasize that something is really true:
certainly 常指无疑地、确定地，用以表示坚信某事或强调某事属实： 我绝不会忘记这次旅行！ 我一定会记得这次旅行！ - Compare:
比较： 这顿饭的确太贵了（毫无疑问）。 这顿饭肯定太贵了？这是我的意见。你不同意吗？ - In formal language only, surely can be used to mean ‘without doubt’:
只有在正式用语中，surely 才表示无疑： 这无疑将以灾难告终。
Language Bank neverthelessneverthelessConceding a point and making a counterargument承认一个观点的正确性，并提出一个对立的观点 - While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
虽然这部电影的确太长了，但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
- While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
- It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
可以认为这部电影太长了，但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
- It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
- The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema.
这部电影的确太长了，但它仍不失为一部有趣的影片。
- The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema.
- Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling.
当然，为了制作一部两小时的电影，该书中的大部分内容都被舍弃了，不过它仍不失为一部成功的故事片。
- Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling.
- Critics are wrong to argue that the film’s plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them.
批评家认为这部电影的情节过于复杂，这种观点是不恰当的。影片中确实有几次大的情节变化，但观众还是不难看懂的。
- Critics are wrong to argue that the film’s plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them.
- It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film.
的确，没有好的剧本不可能拍出好的电影，但有天赋的导演能将较好的剧本制作成非常好的电影，这一点也是没有疑问的。
- It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film.
- It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre.
这两部电影是否预示着西部片新时代的来临还有待观察。但是毫无疑问，它们作为这一电影类型的新作而受到欢迎。
- It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre.
- Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
- (used in answer to questions
用于回答问题 当然；行 - ‘May I see your passport, Mr Scott?’ ‘Certainly.’
“斯科特先生，请出示您的护照好吗？” “当然可以。” - ‘Do you think all this money will change your life?’ ‘Certainly not.’
“你认为这些钱会改变你的生活吗？” “当然不会。”
- ‘May I see your passport, Mr Scott?’ ‘Certainly.’