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:
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。
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