中學英語中的“非常”系列

very

修飾原級形容詞和副詞以及完全形容詞性化的現在分詞或過去分詞,如:tired, ashamed, exciting等

【注】

1. 非形容詞性化的分詞不能用very修飾, 可用much修飾.

eg.) She is very pleased by his words. (×)

She is much pleased by his words. (√)

2. 一些不分等級的形容詞不能用very修飾, 可用quite (completely) 修飾.

eg.) You are very wrong. (×)

You are quite wrong. (√)

3. 部分以a 開頭的形容詞不能用very修飾, 可用 much修飾.

eg.) She was very afraid of dogs. (×)

She was much afraid of dogs. (√)

much

1. 修飾動詞

2. 修飾介詞以及形容詞和副詞的比較級

eg.) The girl is much like her mother.

She is much younger than her husband.

3. 修飾部分以a開頭的形容詞, 如: afraid, awake, alive, ashamed, alone, etc.

well 作“很,非常,相當”講, 主要用來修飾動詞、介詞短語或用於固定搭配。

eg.) She was well past thirty at that time.

His house is over there, well above the other houses.

I don’t know him well.

Cook the fish well before eating it.

The book is well worth reading.

quite

1. 修飾表示絕對意義的形容詞或副詞, 如：sure, certain, possible, impossible, right, wrong, perfect, dead, ready等。

Eg.) I’m quite sure the dog is quite dead.

2. 修飾動詞或名詞

eg.) She quite likes the bike, but she is not quite ready to buy it.

I had quite a time at your party that evening.

3. 可修飾good, well, ld, young等個別形容詞的比較級

eg.) She’s feeling quite better today.

She looks quite older than before.

badly

表示程度時含有迫切之意,常修飾want, need等動詞或表示不良情況的短語

eg.) They are badly in need of teachers.

She wants to go abroad badly.

He was badly wounded.

enough

意為 “足夠地、非常、很”, 修飾形容詞, 副詞, 動詞, 但須放在這些詞的後面.

eg.) The meat is not done enough.

The boy ran fast enough to catch up with the dog.

fast/sound/wide/widely

這些詞用作程度副詞, 主要用在一些固定搭配中.

Eg.) The baby was fast (sound) asleep.

She was wide awake at that time.

These books are widely different.

Opinions vary widely on this subject.

nice (good, fine) and +形容詞(副詞)

eg.) He was good and tired after work.

The flowers look good and beautiful.