almost与nearly倒是比较容易混淆的。下面我来说一下这两个词之间的区别:1)almost强调“差一点……就”(=very nearly),可用于no, none, nothing等前面,但nearly不可。almost不能用not修饰。2)nearly表示“接近”。常可与almost换用,但在具体数字前常用nearly. not修饰nearly 意为“远非”,“远不及”。如:He almost knocked me down before he saw me. 他看到我之前差点把我撞倒。Almost no one(=Hardly anyone)believes her.几乎没有人相信她。He said almost nothing worth listening to. 他说几乎没什么值得听的东西。They are nearly at the end of their journey. 他们快结束旅行了。
※ entirely与utterly的区别及用法
1. entirely表示说话人的肯定态度,如:
I entirely agree with you.
我完全同意你的看法。
2. utterly则表示说话人的否定态度。例如:
She is utterly dissatisfied.
她是彻底失望了。
[例题] The cond failure discouraged him ______ .
[A] entirely [B] m ore entirely [C] utterly [D] m ore utterly
[答案] C。
※ very与quite的区别及用法
quite和very作副词用,有时可以通用,都可作“很”、“非常”解,但在语义上还是有一定的区别。
very通常侧重于对事实的客观描述,它的程度意味较强。如:
She is a very good actress.(客观描述)
quite侧重于表达主观的看法,可以表达说话人对quite所修饰的词的看法和态度,表示“在当时是恰如其分的”。有时有减弱程度的意味。
She is quite a good actress.
她算得上是一位好演员。
(quite表示了说话人对a good actress的评价,故句中的quite不仅表达程度,而且还带有语义上的感情色彩。)
[注] quite在与表示完全概念的形容词或副词连用时(如right, wrong, certain, full, empty 等)则表示“完全”,和com pletely同义,例如:
The bottle is quite em pty.
瓶子完全空了。
[例题] The ______ first thing we must do is to ring the police.
[A] too [B] very [C] much [D] so
[答案] B。
※ still, yet和already的区别及用法
still表示无变化的延续性。
yet表示“尚”,与already相对,常用于否定句或疑问句。
already表示“已”,常用在肯定句。例如:
The guests are already here. But the m eat is not ready yet. It still has to be cooked for another five minutes.
客人已经到达这里,但肉还没有做好,还需要再炖五分钟。
[注] already偶尔也可用于疑问句,此时具有“惊奇”的意味。例如:
Have you finished the work already? You are very speedy.
你已经完成工作了吗?你的速度真快。
[例题] The m oon , everybody .
[答案] B.already改为yet。
※ so与too的区别及用法
与rather, fairly以及very, quite一样,so和too也常用作程度状语修饰形容词或副词。例如:
It is so (too) hot today.今天特别热。
但是两者在用法上有很大差别。
1. so既可以作副词,又可以作代词或连词。
(1) so作副词表示程度,意为“如此”、“这么”、“那么”,它可以与一个形容词一起修饰一个单数名词,此时不定冠词a/an要放在形容词之后,名词之前。如:
He is so clever a boy that everyone likes him.
他是一个如此聪明的孩子,人人都喜欢他。
(2) so作代词,代替上下文中的形容词,名词或动词,意为“同样”、“也一样”、“也那样”,构成“so+动词+主语”句型。如:
Jim has finished his exercis, so has his sister.
吉姆做完了他的练习,他姐姐也做完了。
奥土战争(3) so作代词,用作expect, hope, say, think, suppo, imagine, hear等词的宾语代替上下文中的名词、形容词或从句。如:
“Do you want to go back home this week?”
“I expect so.”
分析报告怎么写“这周你要回家吗?”“我想是的。”
(4)不定式可以修饰动词作状语,有时为了突出目的性可用so as to。如:
He got up early so as to catch the first bus.
他起得很早,为的是赶上第一班公共汽车。
(5)当从属连词“so…that”结构中的so位于句首时,通常需用部分倒装。但如果谓语动词为系动词be时,则采用全部倒装语序。如:
So excited was he that he could not speak.
他兴奋得连话也说不出来。
(6)和such…that同义,只是so后面接形容词或副词。“so…that…”句型有如下变化:so…as to, too…to。如:
He spoke so fast that we could not follow.
他说得太快,我们都跟不上。
2. too只用作副词,常构成一些固定搭配,如:“too…to…”太…不能…;“much too+形容词(副词)”太…过分;“too much for sb.”对某人来说太多(太高,过量);“too much+名词(不可数)”太多;“too much”太多。
(1) too作“也”讲,用于肯定句,常放在句子末尾。有时放在主语和谓语之间,其前后需要用逗号分开,表示强调。如:
He is an engineer. I am an engineer, too.
他是个工程师,我也是。
(2)用于加强语气,无具体意义。如:
I’ll too go.我要去的。
(3) too可以与many, few, much等连用,too many(太多),too much(太多,太过分),还可以与rather连用,构成rather too bad(太糟糕了)。
(4)在too, more, less前,不用very修饰,而用much和far。如:
It is much (far) too bad.
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这实在太糟糕了。
There is far too little opportunity for adventure the days.
如今冒险的机会太小了。
[例题] Poor Harriet was ______ nervous that she nearly fainted.
[A] all [B] as [C] so [D] more
[答案] C。
※ ever和never用法
ever意为“无论如何”,主要用在否定和疑问句中,加强语气。
never意为“从不,永不”,相当于“not”的强调形式。例如:
Neither of them has ever read the book.
他们俩都没读过这本书。
I will never forget that.
我永远也不会忘记那件事。
[例题] The visitor said , “This is beautiful place I visited.”
一直低烧不退是什么原因[答案] D。never改为ever。
※ anyhow, somehow和somewhat的区别及用法
anyhow意为“无论如何”,以任何方式,相当于“anyway”,“at any rate”。
somehow意为“以某种方式”(in some way or other),或“由于某种原因”。somewhat意为“从某种意义讲”,“有几分”,相当于“in a way”,“rather”,试比较:
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It may rain, but I shall go out anyhow.
天将下雨,但不管怎样我也要出去。
We must find money for the rent somehow.
我们无论如何也要找到租金。
I am somewhat tired of this book.
我对这本书有点厌烦。
[例题] We must get the work finished ______ by tomorrow morning.
[A] somehow or other [B] somewhat or other
[C] anyhow or other [D] anywhere or other
[答案] A。
[副词用法小结]
副词的主要功能是起进一步修饰的作用。
1.副词主要修饰动词,对动词进一步说明。此外,副词还可以修饰形容词、其他副词、介词短语及整个句子。
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2.副词同形容词一样有比较级和最高级的用法(参见[形容词用法小结])
3.副词的位置比较灵活,可前可后,其三个基本位置是:a.句中;b.句末;c.句首。4.有些副词跟形容词同型(如:fast, tight等);还有一些副词具有两种形式,但意义和用法不同(如:wide, widely, straight, straightly, direct, directly等)。
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1.Not _____ , the process of choosing names varies widely from culture to culture.
[A] obviously[B] particularly [C] surprising [D] normally
2.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people _____ harm them.
[A] more than [B] rather than [C] other than [D] better than
3.I found my daughter sitting in the kitchen, crying _____ .
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4.The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been _____ filled in.
[A] conquently [B] comprehensively [C] regularly[D] properly
5.He know little of mathematics, ______ of chemistry.
[A] as well as [B] and still less [C] no less than [D] and still more
6.Light travels _____ than sound.