adv. 1.〔用于修饰形容词、副词或分词〕很,甚,颇,极,非常。 2.〔与否定词结合〕(不)怎样,(不)大。 3.〔在形容词最高级前以加强语气〕充分,完全,真,实在,正。 短语和例子 a very cold day 很冷的一天。 I like it very much. 我很喜欢它。 I am not very keen on going there. 我不大想到那里去。 not of very much use 不怎么有用。 It is the very last thing I expected. 这完全出乎我意料之外。 my very own 绝对是[完全是、实在是]我自己的(东西)。 Keep it for your very own. 替你自己收下来吧。 I will do my very best. 我要尽我的力量。 in the very same place 就是在这同一个地方。 Very fine! 〔常作反语用〕好极了! Very good [well]. 好的〔表示同意、承认,但 Very well 常作反语用,如:Oh, very well! if you insist. 你要是坚持,那就这样吧!(没有办法)〕。 adj. (verier -iest ) 1.真的,实在的,真正的;十足的。 2.〔加强语气,和 the, this, that 或 my, your, his 等连用〕那个,同一个,就是那个,正是那个;甚至于,连。 3.〔修饰作名词用的 many, few, little 等〕很,非常。 短语和例子 a very knave 真正的恶棍。 A verier humbug would be hard to meet. 比这个更坏的骗子恐怕没有了。 The veriest coward would fight. 就是最懦弱的人也会起来反抗的。 He is the very man I saw yesterday. 他就是我昨天看见的那个人。 He is the very picture of his father. 他活像他父亲。 For very pity's sake have mercy. 千万请饶了我吧。 That's the very thing! 正是那个。 in the very act 当场(被捕等)。 His very children despise him. 连他的孩子也看不起他。 The very stones cry out. 连石头也叫起来了。 V- few believe in it. 很少人相信。 n. 维利〔姓氏〕。
used as intensifiers; `real'' is sometimes used informally for `really''; `rattling'' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I''m real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" 同义词:really, real, rattling, really, real, rattling,
precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"
used as intensifiers; `real'' is sometimes used informally for `really''; `rattling'' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I''m real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" 同义词:really, real, rattling, really, real, rattling,
precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"
precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" 同义词:identical, selfsame,
例句与用法
1.
His message was not very happily worded . 他的通知在措辞上有些欠妥。
2.
It was a very aged, ghostly place . 那是一个年代久远鬼气森森的地方。
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That was a very large and whiskered man . 那人身材魁伟,蓄着小胡子。
4.
Our new manager is very easy to get on with . 我们的新经理非常随和。
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Your attempts at sarcasm are not very happy . 你的挖苦是很不成功的。
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Mrs. green : he is a very nice person . 格林夫人:他是一个很好的人。
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It must be very difficult at sea, too . 海上的日子想必也很不好过吧。
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I pitched upon the very house that suited me .. 我找到了合适的房子。
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I 'm afraid you have n't a very clear idea either . 恐怕你也不摸底。
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She was a very kind and amiable old woman . 他是个善良和气的老太太。