AEIS词汇记忆:fairly,pretty,rather和quite用法区别

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  AEIS英语中,有很多易混淆的词汇,你记住了吗?fairly,pretty,rather和quite这些用来修饰形容词,副词和动词的词汇,起的作用是强化语气。它们都有“相当地”的意思,尤其是pretty,rather和quite有时可以互换着用。下面小编就为大家简单介绍一下它们之间可能存在的差异。

  01fairly

  修饰形容词或副词

  We'll have to leave fairly soon.

  我们得很快离开。(但不是要马上走)

  That seems like fairly sound advice.

  这似乎是挺合理的建议。(不见得有多好)

  He seems fairly content with life.

  他似乎对生活相当满意。

  fairly语气最弱,往往削弱了被修饰词:

  所以最好不要说:

AEIS词汇记忆:fairly,pretty,rather和quite用法区别

  Your son is fairly clever.

  (家长会不高兴哦。)

  fairly还可以表示“公平地”

  You have not dealt fairly with me.

  你对我不公平。

  fairly修饰动词,“简直,竟然”

  Her suggestion fairly took me by surprise.

  她的建议使我大吃一惊。

  02pretty

  修饰形容词或副词

  颇;相当;十分;非常;极;很

  I'm pretty sure he'll say yes.

  我很肯定他会答应的。

  It was a pretty stupid thing to do.

  这是一件相当愚蠢的事。

  Jerry's pretty self-conscious about his weight.

  杰瑞对自己的体重相当介意。

  pretty还可以做形容词,“漂亮的;动人的”

  She is by no means pretty.

  她一点也不漂亮。

  03quite

  修饰形容词,副词或动词

  颇;相当;某种程度上;完全;十分;非常;在很大程度上;很;的确

  It is quite obvious that he is lying.

  很明显他在撒谎。

  He got quite emotional during the speech.

  他在演讲中情绪激动。

  Sales have slowed down quite markedly.

  销售明显放缓。

  quite可以放在不定冠词a/an前:

  It was quite a nice day.

  今天天气真好。

  I have quite a good relationship with my parents.

  我和父母关系很好。

  04rather

  相当,在某种程度上

  She was rather/quite hurt by his unkind words.

  他那刻薄的话使她很伤心。

  She asked some rather/quite awkward questions.

  她问了一些相当尴尬的问题。

  rather和quite区别不大,但是:

  1,rather常用于“表示轻微的批评、失望或惊讶”

  “How was the film?” “Rather good- I was surprised”

  “电影怎么样?”“很好看-我很惊讶”

  Who's the rather large lady in the hat?

  戴帽子的那个大块头女人是谁?

  2,(与动词连用是减弱语气的)有点儿,稍微

  I rather like gardening.

  我比较喜欢园艺。

  3,美式英语中,rather不常用。

  05注意:

  这类强化词不容易区别,真的“相当地”好的话,为什么不用“非常”来表达: really, very和extremely等?

  这些强化词在口头和非正式英语里很普遍,但在书面语里不算好的词汇,所以在正式文本,或考试作文里最好用其它表示具体程度的词代替它们。 

  以上就是小编为大家整理的关于AEIS核心词汇辨析之fairly,pretty,rather和quite用法,希望对大家有所帮助。更多S-AEIS申请条件AEIS考试地址等问题可以咨询我们。



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