1ADV [ADVERB with verb]轻松愉快地,无忧无虑地(含有批评之意,指做某事时未考虑到事情的诸多问题) If you say that someone merrily does something, you are critical of the fact that they do it without realizing that there are a lot of problems which they have not thought about. 轻松愉快地,无忧无虑地(含有批评之意,指做某事时未考虑到事情的诸多问题) [disapproval]
There they were, merrily describing their 16-hour working days while simultaneously claiming to be happily married.
他们一面高兴地描绘着每天16个小时的工作,一面又声称自己婚姻幸福。
Both NATO and the Community knew they could not go merrily on as before.
北约与欧共体都明白他们不可能再像以前那样高枕无忧了。
2ADV [ADVERB with verb]轻快地;欢快地;愉悦地 If you say that something is happening merrily, you mean that it is happening fairly quickly, and in a pleasant or satisfactory way. 轻快地;欢快地;愉悦地
The ferry cut merrily through the water.
渡船轻快地划过水面。
A pan of potatoes was boiling away merrily on the gas stove.