| [/feəlɪ; ˋfɛrlɪ/] adv 用法:
1 in a fair manner; honestly 公平地; 公正地; 诚实地:
You're not treating us fairly. 你对我们不公正. 用法:
2 (before adjs and advs 用於形容词和副词之前) to a certain extent; moderately 相当地; 适度地:
This is a fairly easy book. 这是相当浅易的书. *
We must leave fairly soon, ie before very long. 我们得快些离开. 用法:
3 completely; actually 完全地; 简直:
Her suggestion fairly took me by surprise. 她的建议真叫我大吃一惊. *
I fairly jumped for joy. 我简直高兴得跳了起来. *
The time fairly raced by. 时间过得真快. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) fairly and squarely = fair and square (fair2). fairly 2
NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
The adverbs fairly, quite, rather and pretty can all mean `moderately', `to some extent' or `not very' and are used to alter the strength of adjectives and adverbs. *fairly、 quite、 rather、 pretty这几个副词均可表示｀适度地＇、 ｀在某种程度上＇或｀不很＇的意思, 常用以改变所修饰的形容词或副词的分量. Fairly is the weakest and pretty the strongest and most informal, but their effect is very much influenced by intonation. *fairly词义最弱而pretty词义最强, 也最通俗, 但词义的强弱受语调的影响很大. Generally, the more any of these adverbs is stressed, the more negative the sentence sounds. 一般说来, 这类副词读得越重, 句子听起来否定含义就越强. 用法:
1 When rather or pretty is used with a positive quality, it can sound enthusiastic *rather或pretty与褒义词连用时, 听起来心情愉快:
a rather/pretty good play 一出相 当好的戏. With a negative or variable quality they express disapproval 这两个词与贬义词或可褒可贬的词连用时, 表示不赞成或不满意:
rather/pretty poor work 相当差的工作 *
I'm rather/pretty warm. 我很热. *
It's rather/pretty small/big. 这可太小[大]了. 用法:
2 Fairly is mostly used with positive qualities *fairly多与褒义词连用:
fairly tidy, spacious, friendly, etc 挺整洁、 宽敞、热情等 (compare 试比较:
rather untidy, cramped, unfriendly, etc 很零乱、 狭窄、 冷淡等). 用法:
3 Only rather can be used with comparative expressions and too 只有rather可与比较级的词语和too连用:
The house is rather bigger than we thought. 这所房子比我们想的大得多. *
These shoes are rather too small. 这双鞋未免太小了. 用法:
4 Rather and quite can precede the indefinite article when followed by an adjective + noun *rather和quite与｀不定冠词+形容词+名词＇连用时, 可置於不定冠词之前:
rather/quite a nice day 十分晴朗的一天 *
a rather/quite/fairly/pretty nice day 十分晴朗的一天. See also note on usage at quite 另见所附用法. |