时间:2019-03-02 作者:英语课 分类:托福英语


英语课

   这两个词都有“相当”、“适中”的意思,但fairly 1主要用于修饰褒义的形容词和副词(如bravely,good,nice,well等)而rather主要修饰贬义的形容词和副词(如bad,stupidly,ugly等):


  Tom is fairly clever,but Peter is rather stupid.
  汤姆相当聪明,而彼得就颇笨。
  I walk fairly fast but Ann walks rather slowly.
  我走得相当快,而安就走得相当慢。
  两者都可以与分词连用:
  He was fairly relaxed;she was rather tense.
  他很放松,而她就相当紧张。
  a fairly interesting film一部相当有意思的电影
  a rather boring book一本相当乏味的书
  不定冠词必须放在fairly之前,但可放在rather之前或之后:
  a fairly light box一个相当轻的盒子
  a rather heavy box/rather a heavy box
  一个相当重的盒子一些本身没有褒贬意义的形容词和副词如fast,slow,thin,thick,hot,cold等,之前加上fairly时表示赞许而加上rather时表示不赞许。This soup is fairly hot(这汤还挺热)这意味说话人喜欢喝热汤。而This soup is rather hot(这汤太热了)就意味着说话人嫌汤太热了点。
  rather可用在alike,like,similar,different等词及比较级之前,这时它的含义是“少许”或“略微”:
  Siamese cats are rather like dogs in some ways.
  暹罗猫在某些方面长得有点儿像狗。
  The weather was rather worse than I had expected
  天气要比我预料的还坏。
  rather a可以与一些名词连用,如disappiontment,disadvan-tage,nuisance 2,pity,shame及joke:
  It’s rather a nuisance that we can’t park here.
  真讨厌,我们不能在这里停车。(有点不方便)
  It’s rather a shame that he has to work on Sundays.
  真讨厌,他连星期天也得去上班。(有点不公平)
  fairly则不能这样用。
  rather可以用在某些褒义的形容词和副词之前,如amusing,clever,good,pretty,well等,但其含义变了。这时它几乎相当于very之意,没有贬义,如She is rather clever(她很聪明)。
  这句含义相当于She is very clever。rather这样用时显然具有比fairly更深的褒义,如It is a fairly good play(这个戏还算可以)。这一说法会起到劝阻旁人去看戏的作用。但如果说It israther a good play(这个戏很好)则无疑是一种推荐。有时rather这样用时含有“惊讶”之意:
  —I suppose the house was filthy 3.
  —No,as a matter of fact it was rather clean.
  —我想屋子一定很脏。
  —不,它实际上却很干净。
  rather也可用在enjoy与like这两个词前,有时还可用在dis-like与object这一类动词之前:
  I rather like the smell of petrol.
  我倒很喜欢汽油味儿。
  He rather enjoys queueing.
  他却很喜欢排队。
  rather还可以用来对由以上动词构成的问句作简单回答:
  —Do you like him?
  —Yes,I do,rather.
  —你喜欢他吗?
  —是的,我倒相当喜欢他。
  rather+like/enjoy主要用于表现一种“喜爱”,而这种喜爱是出乎旁人或说话者本人意料之外的。但它也可以用来强调动词,如I rather like Tom(我很喜欢汤姆)。这就要比I likeTom(我喜欢汤姆)具有更强烈的感情色彩。

adv.公正地,正当地;相当;完全,简直
  • I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
  • It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。
n.讨厌的东西,讨厌的人
  • The dog is a terrible nuisance.这只狗真令人讨厌。
  • What a horrid nuisance!真讨厌!
adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
  • You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发,然后再去买张新的。
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abstracting process
acoustic conductivity
anxious delirium
AOG
association of flight attendants
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biased diode
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boysie
brace for
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fractionalize
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golda
governor of velocity
hyperfiber
i'nt
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labor and management
let out a sigh
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measured lubrication
medical frequency band
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neutral absorber
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positive displacement metering valve
President George W. Bush
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pugged clay
Pulex cheopis
quite circular in outline
reaction cycle
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red coloration
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Rhamnoliquiritin
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roll feeder surge bin
S5
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superficial dentin caries
supplementary log book
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table look up instruction
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