very用法详解.doc

1. 用作形容词，意为“正是”“恰是”，通常要与 the, this, that, my, your 等连用如：The very idea [though]. 真是个馊主意You are the very man I want to see. 你正是我想要见的人At that very moment the phone rang. 就在那时铃响了2. 用作副词，表示“很”“非常”，注意以用法：(1) 主要用来修饰形容词或副词的原级，但不能修饰比较级如：我的头疼好多了，那些药片确实有效误：My headache’s very better. Those tablets really are effective.正：My headache’s much better. Those tablets really are effective.注意，very 不能修饰比较级，但有时可用来修饰最高级（放在定冠词之后）如：I want to give my children the very best education I can afford. 我想给我的孩子们提供我所能提供的最好的教育但是，这样用的very通常不能修饰由 most 构成的最高级。

2) 用于修饰 own, first, last, next, same 等词，加强语气如：She was wearing the very same shoes as me. 他与我穿的鞋子完全一样You can keep this for your very own. 你可以把这个留作你自己用I found the sentence on the very next page. 我就在下一页找到了这个句子3) 有些形容词（如alone, asleep, awake, worth, known等）在需要加强语气时习惯上不用very修饰，而应改用其他副词如：I was wide awake then. 我当时完全是醒的He was fast asleep with his mouth wide open. 他睡得很熟，嘴巴大大地张开着He’s well known in the art world. 他在艺术界很有名气The town is well worth a visit. 这个城镇很值得一看4) 有时可修饰某些介词短语（主要是用作表语的介词短语）如：She is very like her mother. 她很像她母亲。

This machine is very out of date. 这台机器已经很过时了The play is very near the end. 戏很快就要结束了5) 有人认为very不能受how, so修饰，其实这是一种误解如：How very cheeky! 脸皮真厚！How very much they suffered! 他们受的苦真是太多了!I was so very happy. 我真的太高兴了4) 不要根据汉语意思用 very 去修饰动词如：我们很喜欢这个小男孩正：We like the boy very much.误：We very like the boy.我很想留在这儿正：I want to stay here very much.误：I very want to stay here.我会非常想念你们的正：I shall miss you very much.误：I shall very miss you.3. very, much, very much的用法区别(1) 原则上说，very主要修饰形容词或副词，much和very much主要用于修饰动词但是，修饰副词too，要用much。

如：It is much too expensive. 这太贵了2) much修饰动词时，通常只用于否定句或疑问句，而不用于肯定陈述句，除非其前有very, too, so等之类的修饰语，如：She doesn’t like him much. 她不太喜欢他Does she much like him?=Does she like him much? 她很喜欢他吗？但习惯上不说：He likes the film much.不过可以说：He likes the film very (so, too) much. 他很（太）喜欢这部电影3) 单个的much（即没有修饰语）有时也可能在肯定句修饰动词，但这只限于regret, admire, prefer, appreciate等少数动词，且此时的much应置于句中，而不是句末如：We much appreciate your invitation. 我们非常感激你的邀请4) very much是much的强调说法，从理论上说，可用much的地方就可用very much。