副词不千篇一律地修饰形容词,要遵循一定规则
在英语中,副词可以修饰形容词,这是天经地义的事,但不是千篇一律地修饰形容词,它们要遵循一定的规则。牢记这个规则,少走弯路,提高用词的准确性。
一、可分级形容词是可以通过在其前面放置可分级副词来修改,使它们变弱,变强或发生改变的形容词。
常见的可分级形容词:
angry |
big |
busy |
cold |
deep |
|
fast |
friendly |
good |
happy |
high |
hot |
important |
long |
popular |
rich |
strong |
tall |
warm |
week |
young |
常见的可分级副词:
dreadfully |
extremely |
|
fairly |
hugely |
immensely |
reasonably |
slightly |
unusually |
二、不可分级形容词是不能通过在其前面放置分级副词来修改使其发生变化的形容词,这类形容词没有比较级和最高级,它们表示完全存在或不完全存在的特性,表示事物不会有不同的等级。
常见的不可分级形容词:
excellent |
awful |
terrified |
dead |
impossible |
unique |
chemical |
digital |
domestic |
常见的不可分级副词:
utterly |
absolutely |
completely |
totally |
nearly |
virtually |
essentially |
mainly |
可分级副词修饰可分级形容词,例如:
a bit small 有点小
dreadfully cold 极冷
unusually hot 异常炎热
extremely difficult 极其困难
slightly sad 略带悲伤
不可分级副词修饰不可分级形容词,例如:
absolutely tiny 极小的
utterly freezing 完全冻僵的
fully boiling 完全沸腾的
virtually impossible 几乎不可能
completely devastated 完全崩溃了
以下是错误的例子:
absolutely small |
a bit tiny |
utterly cold |
dreadfully freezing |
fully hot |
unusually boiling |
virtually difficult |
extremely impossible |
completely sad |
slightly devastated |
四、特殊规则
有些程度副词如:really, fairly, pretty 和 quite,它们既可以修饰可分级形容词,也可以修饰不可分级形容词,例如:
really small |
really tiny |
pretty cold |
pretty freezing |
fairly difficult |
fairly impossible |
quite sad |
quite devastated |
五、enough
1、一般情况下,enough 作限定词或代词,例如:
限定词: