deliberately, on purpose
上述用作副詞的詞和詞組均有“有意地、故意地”之意。
deliberately : 指經(jīng)過深思熟慮后而行事。
I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.(我認(rèn)為有人蓄意放火燒這幢房子。)
on purpose : 側(cè)重所作所為具有特殊目的。
I sometimes think that all his supposed mistakes are made on purpose just to annoy me.(我有時(shí)認(rèn)為他犯的那些被信以為真的一切錯(cuò)誤是故意為了氣我。)
denote, indicate
這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞都有“指示”之意。
denote : 指用符號(hào)等表示。
We often denote danger by red letters.(我們常常用紅字表示危險(xiǎn)。)
indicate : 指用詞語或標(biāo)記表達(dá)較明確的意義。