very 用法“七忌”

very是英语口语和书面语中使用频率较高的词之一。但笔者发现，许多同学在运用该词进行口语交际和书面表达时经常出错。本文列举一些常见错例，谈谈使用very需要注意的几点。

一、忌修饰形容词或副词的比较级。修饰形容词或副词的比较级，应借助于下列程度副词：much（……得多），still（还要，还），even（更），far（……得多，大大……）。例如：

1. 吉姆比凯特高得多。误：Jim is very taller than Kate .正：Jim is much taller than Kate .

2. 昨天很热，但今天更热。 误：It was hot yesterday ， but it is very hotter today

正：It was hot yesterday ，but it is still/even hotter today .

3. 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 .

二、忌修饰动词。修饰动词必须用a lot ， a litte ， very much等。

4. 我非常喜欢英语。误：I very like English .正：I like English very much .

5. 布朗太太非常喜欢吃肉。

误：Mrs Brown very likes meat .正：Mrs Brown likes meat a lot .

三、忌修饰作表语的形容词alive（有活力的，有生气的），asleep（睡着的），awake（醒着的，警觉的），alone（单独的）等。例如：

6. 我此刻非常清醒。误：I am very awake at the moment .正：I am wide awake at the moment .

7. 学生们仍在熟睡。 误：The students are still very asleep .正：The students are still fast asleep .

8. 昨晚这座房子里就我一人。

误：I was very alone in the house last night .正：I was all alone in the house last night .

四、忌用来加强副词或介词短语的语气，加强副词或介词短语的语气一般用right，有时用well.very只能用来加强形容词的语气。例如：

9. 我到处找我的钢笔，可它就在我的口袋里。

误：I looked for my pen here and there ， but it was very in my pocket .

正：I looked for my pen here and there ， but it was right in my pocket .

10. 这本书非常值得一读。

误：This book is very worth reading .正：This book is well worth reading .

五、忌修饰“too＋形容词/副词”结构，该结构前常用much ， all等来加强语气。

11. 这件衬衫我穿起来太大了。 误：This shirt is very too large for me .

正：This shirt is much too large for me .

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、忌替代“so…that…”，“too…to…”结构中的so和too.例如：

13. 他年龄非常小，不能去工作。

误：He is very young to go to work .正：He is too young to go to work .

14. 我非常累，一点也走不动了。

误：I‘m very tired that I can’t walk a bit .正：I‘m so tired that I

can’t walk a bit .

七、忌出现在感叹句中，以免与感叹词重复。例如：

15. 多么糟糕的天气啊！误：What very bad weather ！ 正：What bad weather ！

16. 同学们干得多么带劲啊 ！

误：How very hard the students are working ！

正：How hard the students are working ！

very 用法