托福語法技巧:程度副詞

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absolutely,slmost,barely,completely,enough,entirely,extreme-ly,fairly,far,hardly,just,much,nearly,only,quite,rather,real-ly,scarcely,so,too,very等
    程度副詞修飾一個形容詞或另一個副詞,位于該形容詞或副詞之前:
    You are absolutely right.
    你完全正確。
    I’m almost ready.
    我差不多準(zhǔn)備好了。   但enough要放在形容詞或副詞之后:
    The box isn’t big enough.
    這個盒子不夠大。   He didn’t work quickly enough.
    他干得不夠快。
    far需要帶比較級或too+原級:
    It is far better to say nothing.
    不說話要好得多。   He drives far too fast.
    他車開得太快了。(超出正常車速很多)
    這里可以用much替代far。也可以與級連用:
    This solution is much the best.
    這種解答是的。
    下列程度副詞也可以修飾動詞:almost,barely,enough,hardly,just,(a)little,much,nearly,quite,rather,really和scarcely。除了much以外,其他的都可位于主要動詞之前,與頻度副詞的用法相同。
    He almost/nearly fell.
    他幾乎/差點兒摔倒。
    I am just going.
    我正要走。www.Examda.CoM
    Tom didn’t like it much but I really enjoyed it.
    湯姆不太喜歡它,可我倒挺喜歡它。
    only也可以修飾動詞,從理論上講它應(yīng)緊挨所修飾的詞,位于動詞、形容詞、副詞之前,位于名詞、代詞之前或之后:
    (a)He had only six apples.
    他只有六個蘋果。(不超過六個。)
    (b)He only lent the car.
    他只是把車借出去了。(他沒有把車送給人家。)
    (c)He lent the car to me only.
    他只是把車借給我了。(不是借給別人。)
    (d)I believe only half of what he said.
    我對他所說的話只相信一半。
    但在英詞口語中,人們通常把only這個詞放在動詞之前,通過對only所修飾的詞加以重讀來體現(xiàn)所要表示的含義:
    He only had′six apples.
    意思與上面(a)相同。
    He only lent the car to′me.
    意思與上面(c)相同。
    I only believe′half.
    意思與上面(d)相同。
    just與only相同,應(yīng)位于它所修飾的詞的前面:
    I’ll buy just one.
    我只買一個。
    I had just enough money.
    我的錢剛夠。
    just也可緊挨動詞:
    I’ll just buy one.
    (譯文同上。)
    I just had enough money.
    (譯文同上。)  但有時語序上的變化會引起語義上的不同:
    Just sign here.相當(dāng)于:
    This is all you have to do.
    你只要在這兒簽名就行了。
    Sign just here.相當(dāng)于:
    Sign in this particular spot.
    你就在這個地方簽字?! airly,rather,quite,hardly等