托福語法:fairly和rather的區別

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  fairly和rather這兩個詞都有“相稱”、“適中”的意思,但fairly重要用於潤飾褒義的形容詞和副詞(如bravely,good,nice,well等)而rather重要潤飾貶義的形容詞和副詞(如bad,stupidly,ugly等):

  Tom is fairly clever,but Peter is rather stupid.

  湯姆相稱聰慧,而彼得就頗笨。

  I walk fairly fast but Ann walks rather slowly.

  我走得相稱快,而安就走得相稱慢。

  二者均可以與分詞連用:

  He was fairly relaxed;she was rather tense.

  他很放松,而她就相稱重要。

  a fairly interesting film一部相稱故意思的片子

  a rather boring book一本相稱乏味的書

  不定冠詞必需放在fairly以前,但可放在rather以前或以後:

  a fairly light box一個相稱輕的盒子

  a rather heavy box/rather a heavy box

  一個相稱重的盒子一些自己沒有批駁意義的形容詞和副詞如fast,slow,thin,thick,hot,cold等,以前加之fairly時表現贊成而加之rather時表現不贊成。This soup is fairly hot(這湯還挺熱)這象征措辭人愛好喝熱湯。而This soup is rather hot(這湯太熱了)就象征著措辭人嫌湯太熱了點。

  rather可用在alike,like,similar,different等詞及比擬級以前,這時候它的寄義是“少量”或“稍微”:

  Siamese cats are rather like dogs in some ways.

  暹羅貓在某些方面長得有點兒像狗。

  The weather was rather worse than I had expected

  氣象要比我預感的還壞。

  rather a可以與一些名詞連用,如disappiontment,disadvan-tage,nuisance,pity,shame及joke:

  It’s rather a nuisance that we can’t park here.

  真憎惡,咱們不克不及在這裏泊車。(有點不便利)

  It’s rather a shame that he has to work on Sundays.

  真憎惡,他連禮拜天也得去上班。(有點不公正)

  fairly則不克不及如許用。

  rather可以用在某些褒義的形容詞和副詞以前,如amusing,clever,good,pretty,well等,但其寄義變了。這時候它險些相稱於very之意,沒有貶義,如She is rather clever(她很聰慧)。

  這句寄義相稱於She is very clever。rather如許歷時明顯具備比fairly更深的褒義,如It is a fairly good play(這個戲還算可以)。這一說法會起到勸阻旁人去看戲的感化。但若說It israther a good play(這個戲很好)則無疑是一種推舉。偶然rather如許歷時含有“驚奇”之意:

  —I suppose the house was filthy.

  —No,as a matter of fact it was rather clean.

  —我想房子必定很臟。

  —不,它現實上卻很清潔。

  rather也可用在enjoy與like這兩個詞前,偶然還可用在dis-like與object這一類動詞以前:

  I rather like the smell of petrol.

  我倒很愛好汽油味兒。

  He rather enjoys queueing.

  他卻很愛好列隊。

  rather還可以用來對由以上動詞組成的問句作簡略答復:

  —Do you like him?

  —Yes,I do,rather.

  —你愛好他嗎?

  —是的,我倒相稱愛好他。

  rather+like/enjoy重要用於表示一種“愛好”,而這類愛好是出乎旁人或措辭者本人料想以外的。但它也能夠用來強變更詞,如I rather like Tom(我很愛好湯姆)。這就要比I likeTom(我愛好湯姆)具備更猛烈的情感顏色。

  以上內容為考生具體先容了托福語法中fairly和rather的差別,兩者固然都有“相稱”、“適中”的意思,然則在詳細的應用和一些表達方面照樣有差其余,願望考生在備考的時刻能看重,以避免應用毛病影響考生得分。