1. deliberately: if you do something
deliberately , you do it because you want to do it, and you hope it will have a
particular result or effect 希望引起某種結(jié)果或影響而故意做
例：
She left the letter there deliberately so
that you'd see it. （她故意把信落在那里好讓你看見。）
Police believe the fire was started
deliberately. （警方認(rèn)為是有人故意縱火。）
Rogers was dismissed from the army for
deliberately disobeying an order. （羅杰斯因?yàn)楣室膺`紀(jì)被部隊(duì)開除了。）
I think he was deliberately ignoring me. （我覺得他是故意無視我。）
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2. on purpose: if you do something
on purpose , you do it deliberately, for example in order to annoy people or to
get an advantage for yourself - use this especially about things that are not
very important 為了惹惱某人或?yàn)樽约簬砗锰幎室庾鲂o關(guān)緊要的事
備注：''on
purpose''常用于口語中。
例：
I spilled my drink on purpose—I needed an
excuse to leave the room. （我故意把飲料打翻，我要找個(gè)借口離開那個(gè)房間。）
Will always pronounces my name wrong. Do
you think he does it on purpose? （威爾總是把我的名字念錯(cuò)，你覺得他是故意的嗎？）
Is he really that dumb or is he acting that
way on purpose? （他是真的那么笨，還是故意要表現(xiàn)得那么笨？）
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3. intentionally: if you do
something intentionally , you do it deliberately - use this especially about
actions that are wrong or illegal 故意做錯(cuò)事或犯法
例：
The jury had to decide whether he killed
John Bishop intentionally or whether it was an accident. （陪審團(tuán)需要裁定他到底是蓄意謀殺還是誤殺了約翰主教。）
The mayor denied intentionally misleading
the public and proclaimed his innocence. （市長否認(rèn)蓄意誤導(dǎo)公眾，聲明自己是無辜的。）
The article is intentionally provocative
and looks likely to cause a stir. （這篇文章蓄意挑釁，可能會(huì)引發(fā)一片嘩然。）
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4. knowingly: if you knowingly do
something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong 明知故犯
例：
If any employee knowingly breaks the terms
of this contract they will be dismissed immediately. （雇員對(duì)合同上的條款明知故犯，會(huì)立刻被解雇。）
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5. consciously: if you do something
consciously, you do it carefully and you think about it as you are doing it,
especially because you know what the result of your actions might be 清楚地知道自己正在做的事及可能招致的后果，仍然小心翼翼地去做
例：
I don't think she was consciously trying to
hurt your feelings. （我覺得她不是故意要讓你難受的。）
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6. willfully: if you willfully do
something, you do it deliberately or do not try to stop it even though you know
it is wrong or it will cause harm - used especially in legal contexts 有意要做某事，就算知道不對(duì)也不會(huì)停
例：
The mother could face a charge of willfully
neglecting her children. （這位母親有意對(duì)孩子疏于照顧，可能會(huì)面臨指控。）
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7. pointedly: said or done in a way
that will make other people notice you, especially to show them that you think
they should do something 故意說某些話或做某些事引起他人注意，尤其是讓他們意識(shí)到你覺得他們應(yīng)該做某事
例：
Miss Phillips looked at the clock pointedly
and I realized that it was time for me to leave. （菲利普斯小姐意有所指地看著鐘，我就知道我該告辭了。）
The shopkeeper made a rude comment about
shoplifters and looked pointedly at the boy standing next to me. （店長罵了扒手，然后意有所指地看著我旁邊的那個(gè)男孩。）
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8. make a point of: to deliberately
do something because you think it is important to do it, or because you want
other people to notice that you have done it 因?yàn)樽约河X得有必要而故意做某事以引起他人注意
例：
make a point of doing something
He made a point of looking very bored while
the colonel was speaking. （上校講話的時(shí)候，他故意顯得愛聽不聽很無聊。）
You should make a point of arriving fifteen
minutes early at the office every morning - show that you're keen. （你每天早上應(yīng)該特地提前15分鐘到公司，以顯示你很勤奮。）
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