据说;一般认为;传闻中(表示说法来自他人或公众看法,但说话者不保证其完全属实)。常用于新闻报道、八卦或较谨慎的陈述中。
/ɹɪˈpjuːtɪdli/
Reputedly, the restaurant serves the best noodles in town.
据说,这家餐馆做的是城里最好吃的面。
He was reputedly involved in the deal, though no official records confirmed it.
据传他参与了那笔交易,不过并没有官方记录证实。
reputedly 来自形容词 reputed(“被认为的;有……名声的”),而 reputed 源于动词 repute(“认为;评价”),其更早可追溯到拉丁语 reputare,有“反复思考、权衡、估量”的含义。加上副词后缀 -ly,表示“以传闻/一般看法而言”。