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very是一个使用频率较高的副词。一般来说,副词可以用来修饰形容词、副词或动词,但用very修饰这些词时,要注意以下几点:
一、 不可单独修饰动词
1.他们非常喜欢英语。
误:They very like English.
正:They like English very much.
2.布朗先生非常喜欢吃水果。
误:Mr. Brown very likes fruit.
正:Mr. Brown likes fruit a lot.
二、不可修饰做表语的形容词
3.我们此刻非常清醒。
误:We are very awake at the moment.
正:Wearewideawakeatthe
moment.
4.工人们仍在熟睡。
误:Theworkersarestillvery
asleep.
正:Theworkersarestillfast
asleep.
5.昨晚这座房子里就她一个人。
误: She was very alone in the house last night.
正:She was all alone in the house last night.
三、不可修饰形容词或副词的比较级
6. 汤姆比凯特高得多。
误:Tom is very taller than Kate.
正:Tom is much taller than Kate.
7. 昨天很冷,但今天更冷。
误:It was cold yesterday, but it is very colder today.
正:It was cold yesterday, but it is still / even colder today.
8. 这部电影比那一部好得多。
误:This film is very better than that one.
正:This film is far better than that one.
四、不可用来加强副词或介词短语的语气
9.他到处找他的钢笔,可它就在他的书桌里。
误:He looked for his pen here and there, but it was very in his desk.
正:Helookedforhispenhere
and there, but it was right in his desk.
10.这部电影非常值得一看。
误:This film is very worth seeing.
正:This film is well worth seeing.
五、不可修饰“too+形容词/副词”结构
11.这件毛衣她穿起来太大了。
误:This sweater is very too large for her.
正:This sweater is much too large for her.
12. 我们的英语老师讲话太快了。
误:Our English teacher speaks very too fast.
正:Our English teacher speaks all too fast.
六、不可替代“so...that...”,“too...to...”结构中的so和too
13. 他的弟弟年龄非常小,不能去上学。
误:His brother is very young to go to school.
正:His brother is too young to go to school.
14. 他非常激动,一句话也说不出来。
误:He is very excited that he cant say a word.
正:He is so excited that he cant say a word.
七、不可出现在感叹句中,以免与感叹词重复
15. 多么漂亮的花啊!
误:What very beautiful flowers!
正:What beautiful flowers!
16.同学们学习多么努力啊!
误:How very hard the students are working!
正:How hard the students are working!