李廷安
well是英语中常用的单词,其常见用法主要体现在以下几个方面:
一、well用作副词,意为“很好地;恰当地;充分地;很可能”等。例如:
①Better to do well than to say well. 说得好不如做得好。
②Do these two colors go well together?这两张颜色是否协调?
③Do you think you know her very well?你认为你非常了解她吗?
④He must be well over/ past forty. 他肯定早就超过四十岁了。
注意:well用作副词时,一般修饰行为动词,如例①、例②和例③;也可以强调介词,如例④。well作副词用时,构成常见的短语有:well done做得好;well said说得好;as well又,另外,也(通常不用于否定句,在否定句中用either);may/ just as well还是……的好,不妨;as well as与……一样好;而且。例如:
①Well done, everyone!大家个个干得好。
②I like him. I like you as well. 我喜欢他,我也喜欢你。
③You may/ just as well go and have a look. 你还是去看一下的好。
④Does he speak English as well as she?他英语说得跟她一样好吗?
⑤She is clever as well as beautiful. 她不但漂亮,而且聪明。
二、well用作形容词,主要含义有“(身体)好的,健康的;恰当的;令人满意的;良好的”。例如:
①The old woman is feeling very well. 那个老太太身体很好。
②We are very well where we are. 我们目前的处境/位置很好。
③Things are well with us. 我们事事如意。
注意:(1)well表示“健康的”,通常只用作表语,如例①,不用作定语。
(2)当well作形容词时,其反义词为ill;作副词时,其反义词为badly。
三、well用作感叹词,在口语中很有用。
(1)表示惊讶、快慰,意为“啊”、“唷”、“咳”、“好啦”等。例如:
Well, who would have thought of it? 啊/唷/咳,谁会想到这点呢?
Well, here we are at last. 好啦,终于到了。
(2)表示理解、让步或是无可奈何,意为“嗯”、“唔”、“唉”。例如:
Well, maybe youre right. 唔,也许你是对的。
(3)表示期待或引起对方注意,意为“嗯”、“喂”。例如:
Well, then?/ Well, what happened next? 嗯,后来怎么样了?
(4)表示同意或许诺,意为“好”、“好吧”。例如:
Well, I agree with you. 好,我同意你的看法。
(5)表示讲话结束,意为“好”、“好吧”。例如:
Well, so much for today. 好吧,今天就讲到这里。
(6)表示怀疑,意为“是吗”。例如:
Well, Im not sure. 是吗?我没有把握。
(7)用于重新开始说话时,提起话题,“喔”、“噢”、“这个”。例如:
Well, as I was saying... 噢,就像我刚才说的……
此外,well用作名词,有“井”、“泉水”之意。