Well, life isn't always what one likes, istn't it?

——Roman Holiday

嗯，人生不會盡如人意，不是嗎？

——《羅馬假日》

一、你知道well有幾種含義嗎？

adj.

1.好的?in a good state or position

It is well that no one saw you.

沒人看到你真好。

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2.明智的?sensible; a good idea

It would be well to start early.

早點開始的話是明智的。

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3.健康的；痊愈的?in good health

Please get well soon.

請盡快康復吧。

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adv.

1.良好地；正常地；令人滿意地?in a good, right or acceptable way

Well done!

做得好！

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2.恰當?shù)?；合適地，可取地?

The dress becomes you very well.

這件衣服你穿了很合適。

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3.夸獎地，稱贊地?satisfactorily with respect to conduct or action

They speak well of him.

大家對他贊譽有加。

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4.有理由地，恰當?shù)?can / could / may / might ~ with good reason

This theory lends itself well to our new data.

這個理論恰當?shù)剡m用了我們的新數(shù)據(jù)。

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5.很，相當?to a great extent or degree

This variant is a very space-conservative idiom that is well suited for frequently used options.

這種變體是一種節(jié)省空間的習慣用法，很適合經(jīng)常使用的選項。

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interj.

【表示驚訝、默許、同意、規(guī)勸、無可奈何等的感嘆詞】咳！好吧！喂！used to indicate resumption of discourse or to introduce a remark

Well, you certainly can come at any time.

好吧，你當然隨時都能來。

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n.

1.井，水井 [C]?an issue of water from the earth : a pool fed by a spring

We have a pump for drawing water from the well.

我們用一個水泵從井里抽水。

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2.泉；源泉 [C]?source, origin

Life at the well became normal once again.

泉畔的生命又恢復常態(tài)。

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v.

涌出，噴出；流出 [I]?to rise to the surface of sth and start to flow

Tears well in her eyes.

她的眼中涌出了淚水。

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞匯能表示“健康的”的意思

healthy, sound, robust, well, strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, wholesome, fit

這些形容詞均含“健康的，強健的”之意。

healthy指身體無病，也可指身心健全、正常的。

sound側(cè)重身體各部分或器官沒有病，無任何缺陷，即健康。

robust強調(diào)身體強健。

well僅指沒有疾病，但不一定很健康。

strong既指體格健壯，又指體力或精神上的力量。

vigorous指人強健有力，精力充沛。

sturdy側(cè)重于結(jié)實的體格。

tough著重指人的體格健壯。

wholesome多指能給人留下身體健康、思想健全或品德良好等印象。

fit既可指健壯又可指健全無病。

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三、含有well的常見短語

artesian well

n. 自流井,噴水井,鉆井

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as well

1. 同樣，也，還 2. 也，一樣

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do well

v. 做得好,進展好

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oil well

n.油井

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very well

很好,妙極了

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四、最后，做個小測試鞏固一下吧

It seems that all is not _____ at home.
看來家中并非事事如意。