『再学新概念』冷淡地回答 如何说 (II-95)

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我可能这么说， answered dully
dully  adv.
  s0 q( i) |) S& i; u8 X- ]1.   without liveliness
"she nodded her head dully"  
2 p- S0 r1 S+ ]+ _2.   without luster or shine
6 F8 ]3 O( M* b3 j5 }* M5 j! U( m"the light shone dully through the haze"; " unpolished buttons glinted dully"  


II-95用的是 answered the Ambassador drily
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drily  adv.
in a dry laconic manner