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下面新东方网托福频道为我们收拾了新托福口语法辅导:fairly和rather,供考生们参阅,以下是具体内容。
这两个词都有“恰当”、“适中”的意思,但fairly首要用于润饰褒义的描述词和副词(如bravely,good,nice,well等)而rather首要润饰贬义的描述词和副词(如bad,stupidly,ugly等):
Tom is fairly clever,but Peter is rather stupid.
汤姆恰当聪明,而彼得就颇笨。
I walk fairly fast but Ann walks rather slowly.
我走得恰当快,而安就走得恰当慢。
两者都可以与分词连用:
He was fairly relaxed;she was rather tense.
他很放松,而她就恰当严峻。
a fairly interesting film一部恰当有意思的影片
a rather boring book一本恰当庸俗的书
不定冠词有必要放在fairly之前,但可放在rather之前或之后:
a fairly light box一个恰当轻的盒子
a rather heavy box/rather a heavy box
一个恰当重的盒子一些本身没有褒贬意义的描述词和副词如fast,slow,thin,thick,hot,cold等,之前加上fairly时标明欣赏而加上rather时标明不欣赏。This soup is fairly hot(这汤还挺热)这意味说话人喜爱喝热汤。而This soup is rather hot(这汤太热了)就意味着说话人嫌汤太热了点。
rather可用在alike,like,similar,different等词及比照级之前,这时它的意义是“少量”或“略微”:
Siamese cats are rather like dogs in some ways.
暹罗猫在某些方面长得有点儿像狗。
The weather was rather worse than I had expected
气候要比我意料的还坏。
rather a可以与一些名词连用,如disappiontment,disadvan-tage,nuisance,pity,shame及joke:
It’s rather a nuisance that we can’t park here.
真厌烦,咱们不能在这儿泊车。(有点不便利)
It’s rather a shame that he has to work on Sundays.
真厌烦,他连星期天也得去上班。(有点不公正)
fairly则不能这样用。
rather可以用在某些褒义的描述词和副词之前,如amusing,clever,good,pretty,well等,但其意义变了。这时它几乎恰当于very之意,没有贬义,如She is rather clever(她很聪明)。
这句意义恰当于She is very clever。rather这样用时显着具有比fairly更深的褒义,如It is a fairly good play(这个戏还算可以)。这一说法会起到劝止旁人去看戏的作用。但假定说It israther a good play(这个戏极好)则无疑是一种举荐。有时rather这样用时富含“惊奇”之意:
—I suppose the house was filthy.
—No,as a matter of fact it was rather clean.
—我想屋子必定很脏。
—不,它实践上却很洁净。
rather也可用在enjoy与like这两个词前,有时还可用在dis-like与object这一类动词之前:
I rather like the smell of petrol.
我倒很喜爱汽油味儿。
He rather enjoys queueing.
他却很喜爱排队。
rather还可以用来对由以上动词构成的问句作简略答复:
—Do you like him?
—Yes,I do,rather.
—你喜爱他吗?
—是的,我倒恰当喜爱他。
rather+like/enjoy首要用于体现一种“喜爱”,而这种喜爱是出乎旁人或说话者自己意料之外的。但它也可以用来偏重动词,如I rather like Tom(我很喜爱汤姆)。这就要比I likeTom(我喜爱汤姆)具有更激烈的豪情颜色。
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