fairly的含义(fairy特殊含义)
fairy是“仙女”,fairly是什么?与rather有什么关系?区别是?
【2019年9月24日 百天英语-Day63】
【华东师范大学-林森撰写】
今日主题句:她英语讲得还不错。She speaks English fairly well.
fairly作副词,表示“相当地;公平地;简直”,另一边,rather作副词也可以表示“相当地”,两者表面看都是“相当地”,其他背后的意思却略有不同。
(一)rather和fairly的用法差异rather和fairly作副词表示“相当地”,类似的还有quite,pretty一样可以表示“相当地”,今天我们主讲rather和fairly的用法。
(1)rather和fairly作副词表示“相当地”,但含义并不相同[例句]
We want a fairly large house. 我们要一个相当大的房子。(言下之意,这个房子不是小的,也不是特别大的,而是适度的大房子的,毕竟fairly这个单词取于fair,表示公平的。所以fairly作副词讲,也有公平之意)
[注] fairly large中的fairly同样可以替换为quite,pretty等。
[例句]
This house is rather large than we want. 这个房子比我们所需要的大了一点。(rather来表示大时,往往带有一丝不合适的意味)
(2)fairly作“相当地”一般用于“好”的方面。比如:
fairly safe 相当安全;
fairly well 相当好;
fairly soon 相当快。
一般我们不会说fairly bad,fairly dangerous,而是用rather。
rather bad 相当坏;
rather dangerous 相当危险
(3)rather可用于比较级或too之前,但fairly不能。[例句]
The homework is rather too difficult for me. 这个作业对我来说太“南”了。
(4)would rather 连用可表示“宁愿”,但fairly不行。[例句]
I would rather come earlier. 我宁愿早点来。
(二)课后练习(1)孩子们宁愿玩而不愿学习。
(2)这份报告相当难懂。
(3)《魔兽世界》相当不错。
参考词汇:1. 难懂 incomprehensible
incomprehensible 读音 /ɪn,kɑmprɪ'hɛnsəbl/
adj. 费解的;无限的;不可思议的
别看这个单词很长,挺吓人的,其实它就是狐假虎威。
【前缀】 in- = im- 表示“否定”(之前讲过)
【后缀】 -ble = -able,在这里 a 变成 i,元音互换不影响含义(之前也讲过),表示形容词。
【中间部分】 comprehens
【前缀】 com- 表示“全部的”
【词根】 prehens = prehend 表示“抓住”,比如 apprehend vt. 逮捕,拘押。
incomprehensible (in不+com全部+prehens抓住+ible形容词)不能全部抓住的,老师讲的知识点,不能全部抓住,就理解不了。所以这个单词就是“不能理解的,费解的”。
记住:越长的单词,越好通过词根词缀去理解。所以背单词是有窍门的,不要怕背单词。
【明日预报】表示原因摘要:一说起原因,大家第一个想起的单词一定是because,我明天将会讲的内容是because,because of,due to, owing to, thanks to 和 for,这几个表示原因的用法。听起来就干货满满,记得关注明天的课哦。
昨天学习:clothes 和 uniform 的用法(点击阅读)〡参考答案(1)帽子是校服的一部分。
The hat is part of the school uniform .
(2)墙壁一律都是灰色。
The walls were a uniform grey.
(3)水灾灾民需要居所和保暖衣物。
The flood victims need shelter and warm clothing.
关于【课后练习】:课后练习是英语输出能力锻炼的出口,学会写短而小的句子,终会写出长文。
英语输出能力锻炼,每日一练,快【关注、转发、评论】吧。每日一课,教您轻松学英语。
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quite, pretty, rather 及fairly的区别
quite, pretty, rather 及fairly的区别
Quite和pretty在意思上相似(比very少,但比a little多):
I’m surprised you haven’t heard of her. She’s quite famous. 或 She’s pretty famous.
(= less than ‘very famous’, but more than ‘a little famous’)
Anna lives quite near me, so we see each other pretty often.
Pretty是一个非正式的词,主要用于口语。
Quite 置于a/an的前面:
We live in quite an old house. (not a quite old house)
比较:
Sarah has quite a good job.
Sarah has a pretty good job.
你也可以这样使用quite(但不是pretty):
quite a/an + noun (without an adjective):
I didn’t expect to see them. It was quite a surprise. (= quite a big surprise)
quite a lot (of …):
There were quite a lot of guests at the wedding.
quite + verb, 特别是 like and enjoy:
I quite like tennis, but it’s not my favourite sport.
Rather与quite和pretty相似。我们经常用rather来表示消极的想法(我们认为不是的事情)
The weather isn’t so good. It’s rather cloudy.
Paul is rather shy. He doesn’t talk very much.
在这些例子中也可以使用Quite。
当我们用rather表示积极的想法(good/nice等)时,它的意思是“不同寻常的”或“令人惊讶的”:
These oranges are rather good. Where did you get them?
Fairly 要比 quite/rather/pretty弱. 举例来说 fairly good, 它的含义是 it is not very
good and it could be better:
My room is fairly big, but I’d prefer a bigger one.
We see each other fairly often, but not as often as we used to.
Quite 也有‘completely’的含义,例如:
‘Are you sure?’ ‘Yes, quite sure.’ (= completely sure)
Quite 有 ‘completely’的含义,跟几个形容词:
She was quite different from what I expected. (= completely different)
Everything they said was quite true. (= completely true)
quite (= completely) 也可以搭配动词,例如:
I quite agree with you. (= I completely agree)
not quite = not completely:
I don’t quite understand what you mean.
‘Are you ready yet?’ ‘Not quite.’ (= not completely)
比较quite的两个含义:
The story is quite interesting. (= less than ‘very interesting’)
The story is quite true. (= completely true)
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