deliberately与on purpose均有“有意地、故意地”之意。
deliberately : 指经过深思熟虑后而行事。
- I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me.
我敢肯定他是故意说这些来气我的。 - She's been deliberately ignoring him all day.
她故意整天都不理他。
on purpose : 侧重所作所为具有特殊目的。
- I was deliberately trying to annoy him.; I got him angry on purpose.
我故意气他一下。 - Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
是意外还是戴维故意所为?