expressly [ɪk'spres.li] adverb ■in a way that is clear 明显地;明确地•I expressly told you to be home by midnight.我明确跟你说过,你要在午夜十二点前回到家。 ■for a particular purpose 特意•The farmer put up the fence expressly to stop people walking across his field.农场主人架起了围栏,目的很明确,就是为了阻止人们从他的农田里穿越。 |