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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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